17/07/2026
🚨TRAGIC: While the world remains fixated on slavery from centuries past, millions of people — including vast numbers of Christians — are enduring modern exploitation, kidnapping, forced labor, and trafficking across Africa right now. Yet this urgent crisis receives far too little attention.
Africa is home to an estimated 7 million people trapped in modern slavery today, according to the Global Slavery Index. Of these, advocacy reports highlight that a significant share — around 4.5 million — are Christians. Among the victims: roughly 2.4 million Christian women and girls and over 1 million Christian children.
In some cases, individuals are bought and sold for shockingly low amounts — with global averages for modern slavery transactions historically cited around just $90.
Hardest-hit Christian populations include:
Nigeria: ~1.61 million people in modern slavery, in a nation where Christians make up roughly 45-50% of the population.
DR Congo: ~407,000 affected, where Christians comprise 90-95% of the population.
South Sudan: ~115,000 in modern slavery, with Christians at 60-70% of the population.
These are our brothers and sisters in Christ — believers who read the Bible, worship Jesus, and seek to live out their faith — ripped from their homes and communities into horrific conditions of forced labor, sexual exploitation, and abuse.
Why is there endless focus on historical slavery, yet near silence on this massive, ongoing tragedy affecting Christians in 2026?
Christian lives are under attack today.
It’s time to break the silence, pray without ceasing, and demand attention and action for this crisis.
David Harris Jnr
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