Using the most generous of numbers for Christians, here are some numbers for you to pray about:
Morocco
1:8,000
# of Christians per population
(using 4,000 Christians which is 1,000 more than I’ve ever heard and 32 million population)
1:800,000
# of Churches per population
(using 40 churches which is, again more than I’ve ever heard for 32 million people)
It is hard to put in a statistic but the desperateness of the situation is exasperated when you understand that the great majority of professing Christians are afraid to gather regularly with other believers or tell their family and friends about their faith. Also, the churches mentioned are house churches most that run less than 10 people and most that meet only occasionally.
Libya
There are reports that there may be less than 20 Christians and only one or two secret congregations.
Persecution is heavy. Believers can be killed for their faith. There are no publicly outspoken Christians in Libya that we know of.
Tunisia
1:23,000
# of Christians per population
Persecution is similar to Morocco. None in prison and none have been killed for their faith that we know of.
Algeria
1:680
# of Christians per population
The numbers in Algeria look much better because there is a great revival going on among a tribe of berbers in the mountains of the western side. Some reports have said there are 50,000 berber believers. In the capital and in the east the situation among Arabs and other Berber tribes is still as desperate as the rest of the region.
Persecution is mounting as the number of Christians grow. There are at least three pastors in prison after a new anti-proselitizing law came out three years ago. Churches in the villages where many have come to Christ have been burned and people beaten.