Nigeria — Since January, International Christian Concern (ICC) has documented a dramatic rise in attacks against Christian communities in Nigeria. In just over three months, more than 300 Christians have been killed, dozens abducted, and thousands displaced in a wave of organized violence that has swept across Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Ebonyi states.

One of the most devastating attacks occurred on Palm Sunday, April 13, in Zike village, Plateau state, where at least 56 people, including 15 children, were killed and 103 homes were burned. Days earlier, militants launched simultaneous attacks on 15 villages in Bokkos LGA, leaving 56 dead, 28 injured, and displacing more than 5,000 people. Another 72 people were killed in an attack that occurred around April 18 in Ukum and Logo LGAs, Benue state.

“These are not isolated incidents,” ICC’s Africa Regional Director said. “This is part of a sustained and growing pattern of religiously motivated violence, where Christian communities are deliberately targeted and devastated.”

Other notable incidents reported by ICC in 2025 include:

Clergy abductions and killings in Edo, Kaduna, and Plateau states
More than 230 homes burned or destroyed
At least 10 churches damaged or razed — many during Sunday services or overnight attacks
At least 15 farms destroyed or seized, threatening food security and livelihoods for displaced Christian families
The perpetrators are often identified as Islamic Fulani militants operating with impunity. ICC field partners report that many attacks are premeditated, targeting Christians during worship or in their homes at night.

Despite two decades of ongoing persecution, 2025 marks one of the most violent years in recent memory. Nigerian authorities have yet to deliver adequate protection or justice, and many survivors report being left without shelter, security, or basic support.

ICC continues to document these attacks, respond with emergency aid, and call for stronger international pressure to protect Nigeria’s Christian population.
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There are degrees of poverty. Crossing the border from Uganda to South Sudan reveals such a difference.

When Mitch Chapman first visited South Sudan a couple of years ago, he said God “showed me poverty that I’ve not seen anywhere else.” The director of Texans on Mission Water Impact has spent a lot of time in Africa.

“Even in comparison to the places we’re working in Uganda, South Sudan is so much poorer and in so much worse shape,” he said.

In April, TXM created a nonprofit in South Sudan to address the extreme water needs. The Texas-based ministry is the primary funder, and Chapman is on the board of directors. The eight-person staff is made up of people with South Sudan roots who have worked with Texans and Ugandans on Mission.

The new entity, South Sudanese on Mission, is headquartered in Nyamliell. It is basically a one-year project to determine longer-term viability, Chapman said.

“Our goal this year is to try to do 35 well rehabs with four or five new wells, depending on what can be negotiated,” he said. “And that would mean 40 new Bible studies and 40 hygiene classes.”

Rehabilitation of existing but non-working wells is a priority. In Aweil West County, Chapman said there are 684 water wells and 285 are non-operational. TXM did not drill those wells.

Before the beginning of a civil war in 2013, “organizations went and drilled a lot of wells over there, but we found out a lot of them weren’t deep enough, and they didn’t use good quality materials,” Chapman said.

South Sudanese on Mission will refit those non-functioning wells and start Bible studies and hygiene classes in each village, following the model established in neighboring Uganda.

Chapman and local leaders spent the first week in April on staff training and administration. “But by week two, we’d already started to meet Bible studies at four of the rehab sites.”

The Bible studies are started “independent of how many churches there are in an area,” he said.

“We start a Bible study and the people take it upon themselves to pick the church they want to go to,” Chapman said. “We don’t dictate whether it’s a Baptist church, a Methodist church or Pentecostal.”

“We just teach the Word, and our lessons are very much about discipleship and spiritual growth,” Chapman continued. “When we determine there’s not a church in the area then we go to local church associations and encourage them to sponsor a church around the well site.”

The South Sudanese team also includes a hygiene specialist who ensures the people “know how to wash their hands, how to clean the wellhead, how important it is not to let the goats drink from the water spigot itself,” he said. “It’s a critical component of the holistic effort.”

The work is now in an implementation phase.

“We haven’t rehabbed or drilled the first well, but we’re already at work teaching the Bible, making disciples and teaching good hygiene practices,” Chapman said.

The biggest challenge facing the ministry is political instability, so Chapman asked people to pray for the South Sudanese on Mission staff and, more generally, for the people of the country.

“We have no involvement with either side in the political dispute,” he said. “But the political situation does impact the lives of the people and the effectiveness of our work.

“Pray that we can help meet the water needs in South Sudan, lead people to faith in Christ and develop believers for service to God and their neighbors.”
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യു എ ഇ (UAE) യുണൈറ്റഡ് പെന്തക്കോസ്തൽ ഫെലോഷിപ്പി (UPF) ൻ്റെ വാർഷിക കൺവെൻഷൻ 2025, “ഗോസ്പൽ ഫെസ്റ്റ്” ഏപ്രിൽ 28,29,30 (തിങ്കൾ,ചൊവ്വ,ബുധൻ) ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ രാത്രി 07:30 മുതൽ 10:00 വരെ ഷാർജ വർഷിപ് സെൻ്റർ മെയിൻ ഹാളിൽ വെച്ച് നടക്കും.ഈ യോഗങ്ങളിൽ കർത്താവിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ഡോ. ഷിബു കെ മാത്യു (ചർച്ച് ഓഫ് ഗോഡ്,കേരള സ്റ്റേറ്റ് അസിസ്റ്റന്റ് ഓവർസീയർ) ദൈവവചനം ശുശ്രൂഷിക്കും.യു പി എഫ് ക്വയർ സംഗീത ശുശ്രൂഷ നയിക്കും.യു പി എഫ് എക്സിക്യുട്ടീവ് കമ്മറ്റി നേതൃത്വം നൽകും.

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പാസ്റ്റർ ജോൺ വർഗീസ് , പ്രസിഡൻ്റ്, Mob: 0501892016
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