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Nigerian Megachurch Pastor TB Joshua Dies at 57
Nigerian televangelist, prophet, philanthropist and megachurch pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua has died one week shy of his 58th birthday, his ministry announced on Sunday. Born June 12, 1963, he died June 5, 2021, shortly after presiding over a program at The Synagogue Church of All Nations, the Lagos-based megachurch he founded. “His last moments on
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Thousands Saved as Revival Sweeps Nigeria: The ‘Gospel Classroom’
If you have not traveled overseas much, or not lately, make sure Nigeria is one of your first destinations when you do. It is simply shocking to witness a modern revival as it is unfolding and to see its far-reaching implications. As a backdrop, let me describe for you what has happened in the past
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Nigeria’s Persecuted Christians Are Begging Us for Help
Nigeria is like a second home to me. I’ve been there 10 times. I’ve feasted on goat and jollaf rice in Port Harcourt, danced for hours with Christians in Akure and Abuja, and joked with friends about the horrible traffic jams in Lagos. My Nigerian brothers and sisters are some of the most passionate believers
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3 Things American Christians Can Do to Help #BringBackOurGirls From Captivity in Nigeria
Assemblies of God pastor Kayce Okengwu in Umuahia, Nigeria, ministers to Islamic militants in the country. He says 185 of the 200 girls that were abducted from a boarding school by Boko Haram in Chibok on April 14 were targeted by the militant Islamists because they are Christians. “We have been informed that Boko Haram has
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Let’s Storm Heaven for Nigeria’s Girl Captives
It has been 29 days since the radical Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram abducted more than 300 Nigerian schoolgirls and took them into hiding. The Nigerian government says 53 of the girls have escaped, but no one knows the whereabouts of the remaining 276, who were taking their exams when they were kidnapped. All we
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Muslim Radicals Kill 10 Christians in Nigeria
Victims of post-election violence at a hospital in Kaduna, Nigeria, in April. Muslim rioters burned homes, churches and police stations after Nigeria's Christian president beat out his closest Muslim opponent. (AP Images/Sunday Alamba)International Christian Concern has learned that members of a radical Islamic group, Boko Haram, killed at least ten Christians in Maiduguri, Nigeria over…
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Christian Nigerians Anticipate Terrorist Attacks
A man looks at the debris of the destroyed Zonkwa market in Zonkwa, Nigeria, on April 21.(AP Images/Sunday Alamba)Christians in the northern states of Nigeria are expecting attacks from terror group Boko Haram on Saturday. "There is an intentional effort by the Islamic extremist group named Boko Haram to unleash more violence against Christians in…
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Emotional Funeral Held for Murdered Nigerian Christians
Members of a church in Suleja, Niger state, on the northern outskirts of this Nigerian capital city, culminated a week of fasting and prayer on Sunday with a memorial service for three Christians killed in a bombing by an Islamist sect. Muslim militants from the Boko Haram threw a bomb into the building of the All…
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Islamic Terrorism Shutters Nigeria Churches
Victims of post-election violence at a hospital in Kaduna, Nigeria on April 20. Muslim rioters burned homes, churches and police stations after Nigeria's Christian president beat out his closest Muslim opponent. (AP Images/Sunday Alamba)Christians in northern Nigeria’s Borno state, already forced to abandon worship services due to attacks by Islamic sect Boko Haram, are bracing…
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Christian Communities Disappearing Near Nigeria
In a village outside this Bauchi state town in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, what was once a Christian community has vanished.Last March the Christian peasant farmers of Mdandi village, eight kilometers (five miles) northwest of the Government Girls Secondary School in Tafawa Balewa town, were busy harvesting crops and preparing for a new farming season.…
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