Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants. Ps. 116:15 M any people die every day, but we cannot help noticing a trend that God seems to take away the best from families. Have you ever wished God had taken someone else from the family instead of the good person He took away in […]

More Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than in any other country worldwide — at least 4,650 in 2021 and nearly 900 in the first three months of 2022 alone. International Christian Concern: Nigeria. On Sunday, June 19, gunmen attacked two churches, Maranatha Baptist Church and St. Moses Catholic Church, in Nigeria’s northwest state of Kaduna. The gunmen […]

Nigeria is estimated to have over 250 ethnic groups and around 500 diverse ethnolinguistic groups. According to 2018 estimates, the main ethnic groups were: Hausa 30 % Yoruba 15.5 % Igbo (Ibo) 15.2 % Fulani 6 % Tiv 2.4 % Kanuri/Beriberi 2.4 % Ibibio 1.8 % Ijaw/Izon 1.8 %, and Those classified as ‘other’ 24.7 %. Islam is the main […]

Listed here is Religious violence in Nigeria for the month of January 2022. Religious violence in Nigeria date back to the Kano riot of 1953. It arose out of the visit of a German-born preacher Rev. Reinhardt Bonke, who was invited by a Christian organization, the Christ for All Nation Ministry, to conduct a week long crusade in Kano. Thousands […]

Christians should work together to address our nation’s hate-motivated gun violence. On May 14, I joined a group of pastors from Brooklyn leading a march through Chinatown, Manhattan. I’m a member of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council—also known as the “GodSquad”—which has long worked to prevent gun violence in our neighborhood of East Flatbush through street engagement, education, leadership training, neighborhood organizing, […]

Gunmen have killed an unknown number of church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari said “only fiends from the nether region” could have done this “dastardly act”. The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo and fired at the congregation during a service to mark the holiday of Pentecost, witnesses said. Nigeria has experienced […]

When we go through great trials and suffering, it’s so hard to be thankful to God, but we need to understand that our troubles can actually help us. Here’s how. Walk a Mile with Sorrow The following poem may be one of the best examples of how our troubles and sorrows help us. They help us by informing us, because when […]

Originally published on May 20, 2022. Updated: May 25, 2022 The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Vice President, Rev. Stephen Sunday Ajise and ECWA General Secretary, Rev. Yunusa Sabo Nmadu Jnr visited Deborah Samuel’s parents to pray for them and to console them over the “heartless” killing of their daughter. ECWA Social Movement, the socio-political arm of ECWA, has donated […]

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. Welby described Deborah’s murder as a sin against God. Deborah, a 200-level student, was gruesomely murdered by some students for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammad. In a series of tweets, the Archbishop urged the Nigerian Government to […]

I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his suffering, becoming like him in his death. Phi. 3:10 We know that there is a Holy God who created all things and demands holiness from His creatures. This God revealed Himself in and through His Son, Jesus Christ (Jesus = Savior; Christ […]