Mass Kidnappings Leave Nigerian Churches Reeling as Armed Groups Target Sunday Worship
Armed kidnappers are systematically targeting Nigerian churches during Sunday worship, abducting entire congregations in mass kidnapping raids that have left Christian communities across Kaduna State reeling. Christianity Today reports that worshipers were dancing and giving tithes when gunmen surrounded a church in the Kurmin Wali community, seizing dozens of congregants for ransom. The wave of church abductions represents one of the most severe persecution campaigns against Christians in West Africa, as Nigeria's security forces struggle to protect rural congregations in the country's volatile northwest.
Read Full Story at Christianity TodayRemember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution.
— Hebrews 10:32-33
Nigerian believers are paying an extraordinary price for gathering in worship — yet they continue to come. Their courage under fire reflects the costly faith described throughout Scripture.