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Tag Archives: Nigeria
How Christians in Hard Places Spent Christmas
SUDAN: On Christmas Day, a Sudanese Armed Forces drone attack killed at least 11 Christians and wounded 18 others on their way to church in Julud. (Morning Star News, Jan 2) INDONESIA: Muslims shouting “Allahu Akbar” blocked Christians from attending a Christmas service at Huria Kristen Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta. (MSN, Dec 23) DespiteContinue reading “How Christians in Hard Places Spent Christmas”
World News for Prayer
MEXICO: At least 13 died and 98 were injured when a train with 250 on board derailed yesterday in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca. SURINAME: A knife attack near Paramaribo killed nine, including five children, four of which were his own, on Saturday. GREECE: All 545 asylum seekers on a sinking fishing vessel were rescued near Gavdos.Continue reading “World News for Prayer”
Christmas and New Year Terrorist Attacks Foiled Across the World
NIGERIA: In cooperation with the Nigerian government, the US launched airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Sokoto state on Christmas Day, marked last year by the mass murder of 33 Christians in Benue state and 160 in Plateau state the year before. TURKEY: On Thursday and Friday, authorities detained 115 suspected IS terrorists planning attacksContinue reading “Christmas and New Year Terrorist Attacks Foiled Across the World”
Missionary Dies in Uganda, Muslims Attack Christians Worldwide
The first three weeks of the Christmas season have seen an upscale in Islamic terrorism against both Christians and Jews. As you pray through these headlines, A train hit a missionary family serving with BIMI (Baptist International Missions, Inc.) in UGANDA Friday, killing Savanah Gardner and critically injuring her husband Matt. Their sons Jedidiah, 4,Continue reading “Missionary Dies in Uganda, Muslims Attack Christians Worldwide”
Nigeria Update: 100 Children Rescued
On Monday, the Nigerian government rescued a third of the 303 children recently kidnapped from a Catholic school, and are promising the release of the rest, plus 12 teachers who were also taken captive from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger state. Another 50 children managed to escape within the first two days of captivity.Continue reading “Nigeria Update: 100 Children Rescued”
Yet More Abductions, Murders, as U.S. Delegation Arrives in Nigeria
On Sunday morning, December 7, gunmen attacked Christians preparing for worship at St. Andrews Anglican Church in Isiokwe, Anambra state. They murdered a priest’s wife and another Christian, injured many others, abducted the Rev. Venerable Obies, and set fire to the church, vehicles, homes and other Christians’ property. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News, December 9)Continue reading “Yet More Abductions, Murders, as U.S. Delegation Arrives in Nigeria”
