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Your children can change the world through prayer.

 

You’re used to your kids learning about dinosaurs or math. But did you know they can also discover their persecuted brothers and sisters across the globe? Children just like them who sing the same Jesus songs but face dangers for their faith that American kids can barely imagine.

Through our World Watch List Passport, your family joins a global community of believers who refuse to let distance create indifference.

You're not just teaching your children about persecution—you're connecting them to their global family and showing them how their prayers reach children in the most dangerous places to follow Jesus.

Get the World Watch List Passport and bring your family into fellowship with persecuted children worldwide. Transform prayer time into a global adventure that teaches your kids geography, theology, and empathy all at once.

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World Watch List
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What is Christian Persecution?
How to help your children understand why some children face danger for loving Jesus, and how faith grows stronger under pressure.
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The Open Doors Model
Discover how our faithful presence ministry connects your family with believers who need to know they're not forgotten.
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Why Kids Need to Know About Persecution

Your children live in a bubble of religious freedom that most young believers around the world can't imagine. While your kids sing "Jesus Loves Me" in Sunday school, our 8-year-old sister in Somalia whispers the same words in secret, knowing discovery could cost her family everything.

This isn't about frightening your children—it's about expanding their hearts. When kids pray for persecuted believers, something beautiful happens: they stop taking their own freedom for granted, their prayers become more intentional and they discover they're part of something bigger than their neighborhood church.

The World Watch List Passport makes this connection tangible. Your children will pray specifically for people like Amir in Afghanistan, Maria in Mexico and David in North Korea—real children whose faith stories will challenge and inspire your family.

How Prayer Changes Both Sides

Here's what we've learned from 70 years of faithful presence: when your children pray for persecuted believers, both hearts are strengthened. Your kids develop spiritual resilience while isolated children around the world receive the encouragement that comes from knowing they're not alone.

Through our secure networks, we can tell persecuted families that churches in America are praying for them. We've seen teenage believers in Syria find courage to continue following Jesus because they know American teenagers are standing with them in prayer. Your family becomes part of their story, and they become part of yours.

This Christmas, while your children open presents, they'll also pray for children who celebrate in secret. That kind of global perspective shapes kids into adults who understand that the church truly has no borders.

Making It Age-Appropriate

The World Watch List Passport presents persecution in terms children can understand without overwhelming them. We focus on courage, not just suffering—showing how young believers around the world demonstrate faith that puts adults to shame.

Your kids will learn about countries where Bibles are hidden like treasure, where children walk miles to church, and where following Jesus requires the kind of bravery they see in their favorite adventure stories. We balance the difficulty with hope, always ending with how God is working and how their prayers make a difference.