Remember the Persecuted
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Gospel Mission into Sudan
In the Scriptures, Cush (present day Sudan) is referred to 52 times making it the second most mentioned place in the whole Bible. The Word of God declares that something of world-wide significance will happen in Sudan (Isaiah 18). What could this possibly be?
What Can We Do to Help Persecuted Christians Survive this Tsunami of Violence?
A Time of Violence
Xenophobic mob murders against foreigners and brutal murders of farmers in South Africa. Islamic Al-Shabaab terrorists massacred over 140 students in Kenya, specifically targeting Christians for beheadings. There have been attacks on churches and murders of pastors in Tanzania and threats by the Minister of Home Affairs to deregister churches who resist incorporating Shari'a changes to the Tanzanian constitution. Vicious attacks on Christian communities and bombings of churches in Nigeria by Boko Haram Jihadists. There have been beheadings of Egyptian Coptic Christians and Ethiopian Christians by ISIS terrorists, shouting "Allah Akbar". These are only some of the recent high profile examples of a relentless war against Christians intensifying in Africa.
Read more: What Can We Do to Help Persecuted Christians Survive this Tsunami of Violence?
A Christian Response to the Refugee Crisis
"You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." Exodus 22:21
What are the facts and forces behind the refugee crisis? What does the future hold? How should we as Christians respond?
War Against Christians Intensifies
"Remember the prisoners as if chained with them - those who are mistreated - since you yourselves are in the Body also." Hebrews 13:3
Jihad in Nigeria
More than 2,000 civilians have been murdered by Boko Haram terrorists since the beginning of this year alone. Boko Haram Jihadists in Northern Nigeria have forced approximately 650,000 people from their homes, according to the United Nations Humanitarian office (OCHA). Thousands of refugees have fled across Nigeria's borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
The Martyrs Prayer
Sunday, 8 November 2015 is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Please mobilise your church, school, family and friends to focus on the Persecuted Church.
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Christians Under Fire in Nigeria
Christians in Northern Nigeria continue to face threats and frequent violent attacks by Islamic Jihadists. Churches have been bombed, schools attacked and Christians ordered to renounce Christ under threat of death. Incredibly, numerous petitions and efforts in Congress have still not succeeded in pressurising the US State Department to designate the Boko Haram Jihadists as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO). The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), representing some 80 million Christians, has questioned how serious America can be in the war against terrorism, when Boko Haram have claimed responsibility for hundreds of terror attacks on churches and schools, yet are not even listed as a terrorist organisation by the USA.
Nuba Christians Under Fire Again
Christians in the Nuba Mountains are suffering a systematic targeting through arrests, abuse, imprisonment, torture and the confiscation of their private property. Many Nuba villages have been bombed by the Sudan Air Force. Imams and sheiks have mobilised Muslims at mosques to attack Bible schools, church compounds and Christian libraries. "We will never forgive Christians for not being Muslim!" was broadcast over the loudspeakers from minarets in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan.
"Remember the prisoners as if chained with them - those who are mistreated - since you yourselves are in the Body also." Hebrews 13:3
This article is available for download here
Christians Under Attack
Jihad at Christmas
Muslims attacked an Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) Congregation at their Christmas Eve midnight service, killing the pastor and five worshippers. They then set fire to the church. This terrorist attack took place at Peri village near Potiskum, in Yobe state of Northern Nigeria. Yobe state is overwhelmingly Muslim, but Potiskum, the commercial hub of Yobe has a significant Christian minority. Peri is just 2km outside the city. On Christmas Eve, 6 people were murdered while gathering for worship at a Baptist church in Borno state, in Maiduguri.
Christians Under Siege in Egypt
This article is in FF News 2013 edition 2 and is available here
A Pattern of Persecution
Wherever Christians live alongside large numbers of Muslims they are under relentless attack. Even in Africa, where Christianity has spread the fastest over the last century, Islamic persecution of Christians is pervasive. Even in countries where Christians outnumber Muslims, such as Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, churches are being regularly attacked by Muslim Jihadists.
Eradicating Christianity
North Africa and the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity, now has the smallest regional Christian minority in the world. Over 93% of the Middle East is Muslim, 1.6% Jewish and less than 4% Christian. Less than 0.6% of the world’s 2.2 billion Christians now live in the Middle East and North Africa. And that number is plummeting. The London Guardian has observed: “The religious ecology of the Middle East looks more fragile than ever, as the Arab Spring gives way to Christian Winter.”