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It’s Tuesday, October 27th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes, carried on 140 radio stations and at TheWorldview.com (www.TheWorldview.com). Filling in for Adam McManus, I’m Kevin Swanson.

Nigerian government now imprisoning Christians The majority of the world’s most severe Christian persecution has centered on Nigerian Christians, come by insurgent groups like Boko Haram and the Fulani. But now, the Nigerian government is imprisoning Christians as well. Persecution.org reports a Christian mother in northeastern Nigeria has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after she shared her faith with a Muslim woman. The same woman testified that she converted to Christianity voluntarily. The prison sentence comes despite the fact the Nigerian constitution guarantees every person freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, as well as the right to change one’s religion. Keep in mind, the nations with the highest number of evangelical Christians in the world are the United States, China, India,  Brazil, and Nigeria. These are the battle ground nations when it comes to Christian persecution and political battles.

Attacks on Christians in India and China has increased since 2018 The United Christian Forum reports that attacks on Christians in India has risen to 800 plus per year — an increase 180 percent since 2018. And now, the Chinese Christian churches have experienced a massive increase in persecution since 2018 as well. The Chinese Communist Party introduced more religious regulations in 2018, at which time the Early Rain Covenant Church and Zion Church were targeted. Pastor Wang Yi received a nine-year prison sentence in 2019. Come 2021, the Chinese government intensified pressures on Christians schools and all religious instruction for children. In 2022, new online religious content regulations took effect. The government began concocting fraud charges against Christian pastors for church donations. Then 2023 brought more closures of churches, arbitrary fines, and prosecutions. Last year, more online clergy restrictions kicked in and mass detentions for Zion Church leadership, and longer prison sentences for the Golden Lampstand Church in China. "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." That's Revelation 12:17. 

Election battle in Brazil continues Brazil’s leftist, socialist president is claiming he has won the national presidential election occurring over the weekend. His contender, Flavio Bolsonaro, has yet to concede, largely due to irregularities imposed by the country’s leftist supreme court — namely that the election was extended for two hours in order to collect more votes. Bolsonaro is planning to challenge the election. Lula faces a severe headwind going into these next four years, however. The election also moved the conservative bloc in the nation’s senate from roughly from one third to now holding three fifths of the seats.  And, the conservatives now control 54 percent of the lower chamber seats. Parental rights could be at risk with Brazilian election 100,000 homeschooling families in Brazil are hoping for a constitutional amendment that would protect their parental rights. Some homeschooling parents are facing prison sentences at the direction of unfriendly courts. The outcome of the weekend’s election has dashed the hopes of these parents, at least for now. Pray for a miracle! Only 25 percent of Albertan