By Kelly Givens
The recent abduction of over 200 girls in Nigeria is bringing to the forefront Christian persecution in the country, Baptist Press reports. But hope is still present.
“Parts of Nigeria are in crisis due to the violence of Boko Haram and their attacks on churches and schools. They also kill other Muslims who do not agree with them. However, the work of the Gospel goes on and goes forward,” International Mission Board worker Aaron Bryson* explained.
“Some of the persecution is ‘low level,’ such as families excluding someone who has accepted Christ,” he said. “It can also be very violent … homes being burned and converts being killed.”
“Sometimes a new convert will have his wife taken away from him and his children also. Usually the wife will be taken back by her family and then given as a wife to another man.”
Boko Haram is the radical Islamist group responsible for the most recent abduction of more than 200 girls, aged 16-18, from a Nigerian school.
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