My Nonprofit Reviews

My experience with Open Doors has been very positive. The work they are doing is hard and often dangerous, and they do it with grace, love and perseverance. They help Christians around the world connect with each other, and in so doing, connect our one body with Christ. On the surface, this issue might seem narrower than it actually is. Firstly, there are over 2.3 billion Christians in the world; therefore, the sheer number of people potentially affected is high. Secondly, as Bishop Barron said, “There were more Christian martyrs in the twentieth century than in all of the previous nineteen centuries combined. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and many of their lesser-known totalitarian colleagues put millions of Christians to death for their faith in that terrible hundred-year period. One of the saddest features of the still-young twenty-first century is that this awful trend is undoubtedly continuing. By far the most persecuted religious group in the world today are Christians, and they are dying by the thousands especially in the Middle East and in Africa.” Lastly, regardless of one’s personal position regarding Christianity or religion, we can all agree that the freedom to practice one’s faith in peace is a fundamental right that belongs to all. By supporting Open Doors, I am supporting more than my faith or other Christians, specifically the persecuted church, I am supporting all of mankind, as I assert both the Judeo-Christian and the Enlightenment understanding of the human being – one that states that the person has certain inalienable rights and freedoms to include religious freedom.