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More Than 1,000 Christians Killed in Nigeria in 2019 (Getty Images)

Join Other Christians to Stand With the Persecuted Christians and More Than 1,000 Christians Killed in Nigeria in 2019

January 29, 2020 in Prayer, Religious Persecution, Fasting, Church desecration

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot ECWA USA invites all Christians to stand with the persecuted saints in Nigeria. A three day fasting and prayer has been declared for Friday, January 31 to Sunday, February 2, 2020. Read more about it here, Pray For The Persecuted Christians in Nigeria Friday, January 31: All churches […]

Boko Haram kidnaps pastor, releases video showing his plea for help

January 18, 2020 in Religious Persecution

by Samuel Smith A pastor abducted by a faction of the radical Islamic extremist group Boko Haram during a raid in the Adamawa state of Nigeria last week has issued a plea for help in a video released by the terrorist group. The Nigeria-based extremist group known for terrorizing the […]

Outside the Saint Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, posters display photos of the dead. One shows a woman and three children. It reads, “Rest in peace for Pradeep Susanthas and his whole family, who were killed in the church attack. Our deepest sympathies.” The church, about 20 miles north of the capital city of Colombo, was the scene of the worst carnage from the Easter Sunday suicide bombings. (Image Stan Guthrie)

Is it Wrong to Be a Christian Secretly in Order to Preserve Your Own Life?

October 26, 2019 in Religious Persecution

by Got Questions Is it wrong to live lives as secret Christians for fear of reprisal or even death? Should Christians be willing to die for confessing the name of Jesus? Should we keep our faith secret in order to preserve our lives? This is a question that is only […]

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A Call to Prayer This Saturday, October 26, 2019 For Leah Sharibu

October 24, 2019 in Religious Persecution, Prayer

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot A Prayer vigil will he held this Saturday at the Capitol Hill from 3pm EST to intercede on behalf of Leah Sharibu, the Nigerian teenager that was abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria. All the 100+ school girls that were abducted along with her were released […]

Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria in a video produced by the group. (Image by AFP)

Boko Haram Militants Execute Two Christian Aid Workers, Release Video Footage

October 1, 2019 in Religion, Religious Persecution

Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has released a video in which its militants executed two Christian aid workers in Nigeria and vow to kill every believer they capture in the future. According to Morning Star News, the terrorist group released the video last week on its official news agency site […]

How Do We Regain the African Church’s Missionary Spirit?

July 11, 2019 in Gospel, Religious Persecution, Connecting....., Ministry, Mission

by Fr Donald Zagoré SMA | Ivory Coast | Missionaries ready to generously impregnate themselves with ‘the odor of the poor’ have become increasingly rare. Regaining the fundamental spirit of mission in order to reinvent missionary activity today has become more crucial than ever for the Church in Africa. The […]