A new study indicates that in this contemporary age, Christian martyrdom is at an alarming rate with one death of a Christian being recorded every hour.

According to The Crux, a Sunday religion magazine published by the Boston Globe, the global estimate of Christians being killed for faith-based actions is at one person being martyred every hour. The publication goes on to narrate stories of believers in the Colombia and El Salvador regions affiliated to Catholic churches being tortured and killed for decisions and acts lead by their Christian values.

"Globally, the two women are chapters in one of the most widespread human rights scourges of the early 21st century, which is lethal anti-Christian persecution," The Crux said.

The common stigma of martyrdom is that it is commonly due to pure religious reasons, such as believers being burned on stakes for preaching the Gospel in closed nations. However, nowadays motives for faith-based killings are no longer limited to these reasons, but also for humanitarian and political positions as well.

Whereas killing Christians a century ago were due to unwillingness to bow to pagan gods, Christians today are being killed by drug syndicates for helping kids get off drug dependency.

In Latin America, Christians are at a high risk of being killed. According to Relevant Magazine, the incidences of Christian killing is so high that only a few journalists bother to report the deaths.

When closely examined, a large group of Latin Christians who stand up against violence hold a high amount of risk in the carnage that El Salvador has had to endure. More than 220,000 people have been left dead in the violence of El Salvador, and many of those are Christians who go against injustice.

El Salvador is a small country in Central America with a population of 6.4 million.