Happy Easter! Alleluia! Christians around the world are celebrating the miraculous events of almost 2000 years ago: that Jesus of Nazareth was raised to a new and glorious life after having been crucified, dead, and buried. This joyful event was understood as the proof that His seemingly shameful death on a cross was actually the culmination of a life-long sacrifice to God the Father.
It is a joyful time for Christians. Yet, as they (this writer among them) celebrate, it is a good time to remind those who are free to worship and live their lives as servants of Jesus that there are many Christians who are imitating their Lord in His sufferings, being persecuted by governments, Islamist terror groups, or both.
Nigeria is the largest Christian country in Africa, with more than 80 million Christians. It is also the place where Christians are being attacked most—even outside of the northern states where Sharia law is officially enforced.
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