Nigerian Christians Fear More Church Bombings

Prophecy Sign:  Christian persecution

Do you suppose Jesus Christ was looking some 2,000 years into the future when he warned that Christians would be killed by those that they were thinking they were doing a service unto God?  Isn't that what is happening now in many Muslim dominated nations?  Christians are being persecuted and killed by a religion that believes to kill the infidel is to do God’s, (Allah’s), will.

Please pray for your persecuted Christian brethren and especially so for those in the Islamic controlled regions of the world.

They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. John 16:2 NIV

From the articles:

An Islamic group has claimed responsibility for Christmas Day church bombings in Nigeria, which killed 39 people. Explosions ripped through five churches across the African country as Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ. The spokesman for a group calling themselves Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks in an interview with The Daily Trust, the newspaper known across Nigeria's Muslim-dominated north. "There will never be peace until our demands are met," the newspaper quoted the spokesman as saying.

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Northern Nigerian Christians said on Tuesday they feared that a spate of Christmas Day bombings by Islamist militants that killed over two dozen people could lead to a religious war in Africa’s most populous country. The warning was made in a statement by the northern branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), an umbrella organization comprising various denominations including Catholics, Protestant and Pentecostal churches.

The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which aims to impose sharia Islamic law across Nigeria, claimed responsibility for the blasts, the second Christmas in a row it has caused carnage at Christian churches. Saidu Dogo, secretary general for the CAN in Nigeria’s 19 northern provinces called on Muslim leaders to control their faithful, saying Christians will be forced to defend themselves against further attacks.

Nigerian Christians Fear More Church Bombings

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/December/Scores-Killed-in-Nigeria-Church-Attacks/

Nigerian Christians warn of religious war following Christmas day bombings
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