Christians in Pakistan were already struggling to make ends meet. But the poverty of believers hasn't stopped them from taking care of each other with what little they have.

In Pakistan, one of the largest Muslim-majority countries in the world, the Christian church is not wealthy, reports Mission Network News.

"The Pakistani Church, generally, is very, very poor," says one Christian worker in the country. "There are not very many business people who are Christians and man of them work as day labourers or as land sharecroppers."

The worker says many families rely on that day's wages to pay for their dinner that same night.

In most major times of crisis, the Pakistani church can depend on those around the world for help. Natural disasters causing local devastation can result in help pouring in from around the world.

But with the novel coronavirus, every country is dealing with the same crisis at the same time.

"There's been very little assistance from abroad," the Christian worker says.

The Pakistani church, as a result, has worked to take care of those around them.

"Churches have learned how to cooperate and to coordinate," the Christian worker says. "Rather than competing to see who can have the best Facebook page showing pictures of all their relief operations, they're working really closely together.

"They have learned how to really dig deep."

The worker says people will give up to an entire month's salary or more to help fellow believers who are struggling more than they are.

Rather than duplicating efforts, an effort has allowed churches to coordinate their relief work by province and city. It also provides tools for believers to properly assess the needs of each person and family.

"This is a real effort from within the church to be much more effective and efficient in doing [relief work]," the worker says.

Pakistan is the fifth-worst country in the world for the persecution of Christians, according to the World Watch List by Open Doors USA. In the country, Christians are treated as "second-class citizens" and suffer from institutionalized discrimination.