Brutal Persecution; Canadian Reformed Synod; Christian Reformed Synod
This article by Daniel Holstege documents the brutal persecution of Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria, calling Reformed believers to remember and intercede for persecuted brothers and sisters worldwide. Drawing on Hebrews 13:3, the author emphasizes the Christian duty to bear witness to these atrocities and maintain solidarity with the suffering church, particularly in Africa and Asia where violence against Christians is most prevalent.
BRUTAL PERSECUTION Last February, Open Doors reported that "seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church" in a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). That part of the country has been torn by war between the DRC and rebel forces backed by neighboring Rwanda for some thirty years. An Islamist militant group with ties to ISIS, called Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), has added to the fear and chaos in that same region. They were the ones who...
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