Around 50 Christians have been killed in the violent uprising in Syria so far, says Barnabas Fund.
The organisation has received reports of a young Christian boy being killed by rebels who filmed the murder and then claimed that government forces had committed the act.
In another incident, a Christian was seized by rebels, taken to a house and asked ‘How do you want to die?’. Although the man was released, but has been left in severe psychological distress.
Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, international director of Barnabas Fund, has just returned from a visit to the country.
He met senior Syrian church leaders who told him they were concerned about the welfare of Christians in the midst of the unrest.
Christians have enjoyed relative peace and religious freedom in Syria but are now being perceived by some rebels as supporters of the Assad regime.
Syrian church leaders fear that Christians will pay a high price if the international community decides upon military intervention.
There are concerns they will share a similar fate to the church in Iraq, which has suffered deadly bomb attacks and an exodus of Christians from the country.