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Nigeria: millions of Christians walk against persecution

The most recent massacres of Christians in Nigeria that claimed the lives of a hundred worshipers in January prompted the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to invite Christians in the country to three days of fasting, prayer and peaceful marches during this last weekend.

Launched on January 29 to protest the beheading of Brethren pastor Lawan Andimi, the chairman of a regional CAN chapter in Adamawa state, by Boko Haram two weeks earlier, the prayer was also a protest at the Nigerian government’s failure to stop the abductions and killings.

Terrorist attacks, as well as clashes between mostly Muslim herdsmen and Christian farmers, resulted in more than one hundred deaths in January alone.

“Our very existence as Christians in our dear nation Nigeria has never been at stake as it is now,” stated Stephen Baba, president of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), one of Nigeria’s largest denominations which claims 10 million members.

Nigeria is now second country,after Pakistan, where the violence is most intense against Christians according to Open Doors.

Source and image: christianitytoday.com

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