About this episode
Dr. Gideon Para-Mallam shares harrowing accounts of Christian persecution in Nigeria's Middle Belt.
He went to comfort a grieving community and nearly didn't come back. In the second episode of our Steadfast series on the Prisoners of Hope podcast, Dr. Gideon Para-Mallam us into the heart of Nigeria's Middle Belt, where Christians are being killed, kidnapped, and driven from their homes by Fulani militants and Boko Haram. From a man who lost 10 family members in a single attack, to a widow whose husband was killed just the day before, to 177 worshippers kidnapped from three church services on a single Sunday — Dr. Gideon shares what he's witnessed on the front lines of the most dangerous country in the world to be a Christian. This is what steadfast faith looks like when it costs you everything. Join our prayer network: htp.org/prayer Learn more about our work in Nigeria: htp.org/nigeria
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Gideon Para-Mallam
Topics covered
- Christian persecution
- faith
- Nigeria
- Boko Haram
- Fulani militants
- grief
- steadfastness
Keywords
- Christianity
- persecution
- Nigeria
- Boko Haram
- Fulani militants
- steadfast faith
- grief
- kidnapping
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Boko Haram, Fulani militants
Places: Nigeria, Middle Belt
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