"THESE CHRISTIANS WERE BURNED ALIVE FOR THEIR FAITH" - CBN News,07-07-2016;
A Christian father and his young daughter were burned alive after Boko Haram raided their church.
"On the fateful day, while we were in the church praying, they stormed and ordered us to renounce our Christian faith or be killed," said John Mbah, recounting the day his father and sister were murdered at the hands of the Islamic terror group.
When Mbah and the other Christians living in Dadawa, Nigeria went to church that day in April, they had no idea they would become the targets of radical Islamic terrorists. Mbah watched his father, Pastor Kenneth Mbah, sister, Adaugo Mbah, and countless other parishioners be burned alive when they refused to renounce their faith in Christ and convert to Islam. "As my father was about to beg them to allow him to be with his faith, they set him ablaze with the fuel they were carrying and when my sister, Adaugo Kenneth, rushed to him to stop the inferno, they poured fuel on her too," he told NTA News.
Mbah's only choice was to run for his life or he too would become a martyr. "Because their attention was on the fire, my elder brother, Nnamdi Kenneth and I sneaked into the inner apartment and as they were ordering us to come out, we knew it was our turn to be killed, so we escaped through the window," he recalls. "As we were running in different directions, I heard my father and sister crying in pain but I had no option than to save my life first." Mbah's fled to another province in Nigeria and is working to bring justice for his family and fellow Christians. "The sect vowed to kill us if they ever see us again," he says. "I am calling on the federal government to please come to my aid."
Mbah's story is not the first of its kind. Earlier this year the jihadists burned children alive as part of an assault that killed 86 people in northeastern Nigeria.
It is another example of the horrors that the Islamic terror group Boko Haram is committing in Africa. The group has been a growing threat since its birth in 2009, and has a death count even greater than that of ISIS.
Human rights groups like Open Doors are working tirelessly to bring security and relief to Nigeria's persecuted Christians.
SAUDI ARABIA: MUSLIMS CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY DESPITE PERSECUTION - Intercessors for America, On Watch in Washington, July 6, 2016;
http://www.getamericapraying.com/blog/on-watch-in-washington-july-6-2016/#CONVERTING
[NOTE: There are many stories of Muslims in Saudi Arabia - as well as throughout the Middle East - receiving dreams and visions that point them to Jesus and have resulted in many leaving Islam. PRAY that the Holy Spirit will move powerfully throughout the region in causing millions to turn to Jesus as well as strengthening believers in their faith.]
Although Saudi Arabia is a predominantly Muslim country that is hostile to Christians, many in the country are converting to Christianity and receiving support for their faith online.
According to ChristianToday.com, there are about 1.4 million Christians living in Saudi Arabia. Although this is only 4.4 percent of the country’s total population, it is up from only 0.1 percent just over 100 years ago.
Islam is the official state religion and those who reject it–whether Christians, atheists, or those of any other religion–are often severely persecuted. In fact, Saudi Arabia ranks fourteenth on persecution charity Open Doors’s World Watch List of countries where Christians face the worst persecution. In addition, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom states that Saudi Arabia “remains uniquely repressive in the extent to which it restricts the public expression of any religion other than Islam.”
Despite these barriers to faith, the numbers of those choosing to put their faith in Christ are increasing. Some Christian converts such as Mohammed (whose name has been changed for security reasons), learned about Christ from Open Doors’s online discipleship course. He professed faith in Christ, was baptized, and now is strengthened in his faith through online resources. Others have stories similar to Mohammed’s.
Human rights groups are pressuring the U.S. and the U.K. to confront Saudi Arabia about its restrictive religious freedom. (Contributor: Veronica Neffinger for Christian Headlines)
Here is a praise report! It will encourage intercessors to know that prayers for a lost world are always in order and that God’s mercy is being extended in parts of the world where traditional missionary work is not possible. God will have a redeemed remnant from “every tribe and nation,” including the Muslim world, where Jesus Christ is revealing Himself and God’s love prevails. Give thanks!
“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;” (Revelation 5:9 KJV)
[bold, italics, and colored emphasis in both stories above are mine]
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2016/july/these-christians-were-burned-alive-for-their-faith?cpid=EU_CBNNEWS [AS I SEE IT: The next time you are sitting in a worship service, imagine what it would be like to have terrorists break into the sanctuary and begin burning alive anyone who doesn't deny their faith. Knowing that millions of our brothers and sisters in Christ face this kind of horror should make us grateful for our religious freedom and cause us to regularly PRAY for our fellow believers. And while we will probably not face such horror ourselves, let us be wary of the eroding of our religious freedom here in America. - Stan]
A Christian father and his young daughter were burned alive after Boko Haram raided their church.
"On the fateful day, while we were in the church praying, they stormed and ordered us to renounce our Christian faith or be killed," said John Mbah, recounting the day his father and sister were murdered at the hands of the Islamic terror group.
When Mbah and the other Christians living in Dadawa, Nigeria went to church that day in April, they had no idea they would become the targets of radical Islamic terrorists. Mbah watched his father, Pastor Kenneth Mbah, sister, Adaugo Mbah, and countless other parishioners be burned alive when they refused to renounce their faith in Christ and convert to Islam. "As my father was about to beg them to allow him to be with his faith, they set him ablaze with the fuel they were carrying and when my sister, Adaugo Kenneth, rushed to him to stop the inferno, they poured fuel on her too," he told NTA News.
Mbah's only choice was to run for his life or he too would become a martyr. "Because their attention was on the fire, my elder brother, Nnamdi Kenneth and I sneaked into the inner apartment and as they were ordering us to come out, we knew it was our turn to be killed, so we escaped through the window," he recalls. "As we were running in different directions, I heard my father and sister crying in pain but I had no option than to save my life first." Mbah's fled to another province in Nigeria and is working to bring justice for his family and fellow Christians. "The sect vowed to kill us if they ever see us again," he says. "I am calling on the federal government to please come to my aid."
Mbah's story is not the first of its kind. Earlier this year the jihadists burned children alive as part of an assault that killed 86 people in northeastern Nigeria.
It is another example of the horrors that the Islamic terror group Boko Haram is committing in Africa. The group has been a growing threat since its birth in 2009, and has a death count even greater than that of ISIS.
Human rights groups like Open Doors are working tirelessly to bring security and relief to Nigeria's persecuted Christians.
SAUDI ARABIA: MUSLIMS CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY DESPITE PERSECUTION - Intercessors for America, On Watch in Washington, July 6, 2016;
http://www.getamericapraying.com/blog/on-watch-in-washington-july-6-2016/#CONVERTING
[NOTE: There are many stories of Muslims in Saudi Arabia - as well as throughout the Middle East - receiving dreams and visions that point them to Jesus and have resulted in many leaving Islam. PRAY that the Holy Spirit will move powerfully throughout the region in causing millions to turn to Jesus as well as strengthening believers in their faith.]
Although Saudi Arabia is a predominantly Muslim country that is hostile to Christians, many in the country are converting to Christianity and receiving support for their faith online.
According to ChristianToday.com, there are about 1.4 million Christians living in Saudi Arabia. Although this is only 4.4 percent of the country’s total population, it is up from only 0.1 percent just over 100 years ago.
Islam is the official state religion and those who reject it–whether Christians, atheists, or those of any other religion–are often severely persecuted. In fact, Saudi Arabia ranks fourteenth on persecution charity Open Doors’s World Watch List of countries where Christians face the worst persecution. In addition, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom states that Saudi Arabia “remains uniquely repressive in the extent to which it restricts the public expression of any religion other than Islam.”
Despite these barriers to faith, the numbers of those choosing to put their faith in Christ are increasing. Some Christian converts such as Mohammed (whose name has been changed for security reasons), learned about Christ from Open Doors’s online discipleship course. He professed faith in Christ, was baptized, and now is strengthened in his faith through online resources. Others have stories similar to Mohammed’s.
Human rights groups are pressuring the U.S. and the U.K. to confront Saudi Arabia about its restrictive religious freedom. (Contributor: Veronica Neffinger for Christian Headlines)
Here is a praise report! It will encourage intercessors to know that prayers for a lost world are always in order and that God’s mercy is being extended in parts of the world where traditional missionary work is not possible. God will have a redeemed remnant from “every tribe and nation,” including the Muslim world, where Jesus Christ is revealing Himself and God’s love prevails. Give thanks!
“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;” (Revelation 5:9 KJV)
[bold, italics, and colored emphasis in both stories above are mine]
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