Christian leader urges people to pray for kidnapped women in Nigeria
The leader of Nigeria’s Evangelical Church Winning All has called on Christians to pray for a number of women kidnapped by Islamic extremist groups in north-east Nigeria in recent years. Morning Star News reports that Rev Stephen Baba Panya, president of the ECWA, said church leaders were troubled at the lack of efforts from the Nigerian Govermnment […]
Nigerian church calls for three days of prayer and fasting for kidnapped girl
Nigeria’s Evangelical Church Winning All has called for three days of prayer and fasting for the release of a Christian schoolgirl held by Boko Haram who reportedly refused to renounce her faith in exchange for freedom. Leah Sharibu, 15, was among 110 schoolgirls abducted by a faction of the terror group on 19th Feburary from […]
Nigerian Christian schoolgirl ‘escaped’, only to be sent back to Boko Haram
World Watch Monitor The only Christian among the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last month by Boko Haram ran away from her kidnappers but was caught and brought back three days later, according to fellow captives, reports the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Leah Sherubu, 15, and two other girls walked for three days and, hungry and exhausted, asked for help from […]
Kidnapped pastor in Nigeria released after five days in captivity
A pastor kidnapped in Nigeria has been released after five days, Christian leaders have told Morning Star News. Rev Jen Tivkaa Moses, kidnapped by young Fulani men on 4th August on the highway from Jos to Abuja in Plateau state, was brought back to Jos at about 1 am on Wednesday, according to a statement […]
Nigerian churches criticised for not helping persecuted north
World Watch Monitor Christians in the south of Nigeria are failing to help their persecuted compatriots in the north, according to a veteran humanitarian campaigner. British peer, Baroness Caroline Cox, who has made numerous aid missions to the country, including a recent trip, told World Watch Monitor: “My personal view is that many of those […]
Nigerian church calls for three days of fasting amid concerns over ongoing attacks
BosNewsLife A major evangelical denomination in Nigeria has urged Christians to join in three days of fasting amid concerns over a surge in anti-Christian attacks by mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen that killed at least dozens of people in recent weeks. The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) said the 21st to 23rd November fasting period follows […]