500 million Christians worldwide cannot read the Bible. Some do not even have online access to the Word of Godtranslated

More than 500 million Christians around the world cannot read the Bible, found the Bible Access Initiative, which recently published a report on the matter.

The document analyzes the situation in 106 countries, showing that more than 250 million Christians face great difficulties in this regard. In some countries, such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Libya or Iran, possession of a Bible can lead to imprisonment or even death.

In Afghanistan, possession of a Bible can cost a Christian his life, and in North Korea Christians are considered enemies of the state. Obviously, the printing or distribution of Bibles is also prohibited in dozens of countries.

Online restrictions on Christian content But the "physical" possession of the Word of God in printed form is not the only plan where Christians face restrictions: in Eritrea (Africa), the state monitors Christian content online and there are checkpoints to check mobile phones for such content.

Christian sites are periodically blocked in Ethiopia (all) and China (foreign ones), and in Somalia Islamic terrorists…