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Nigerian Moslems Debate With Nigerian Christians About Religion
From Compass DirectDeath threats and other dangers here drove most of the members of a church of converts from Islam to other parts of northern Nigeria yet a fellowship remains. Of the 25 converts who formed a church in this city [Maiduguri] in the northeastern state of Borno two years ago, only three remain. Still, while worshipping separately in the towns where they now reside, once a month the converts brave the threats of Islamic extremists and family members to return to Maiduguri to secretly pray and praise together. The venue and time is agreed among themselves, and the venue is also changed every meeting so that they are not attacked, said the Rev. Titus Dama Pona, founder of Good Way Mission, who planted the church, Kanuri Christian Fellowship, in September 2005. Pona is the pastor of the only known underground fellowship in Nigeria, a group said to be the first church among the Kanuri and Shuwa Arab ethnic groups in the Islamic enclave of Borno. .... Three out of the 25 converts, Pona said, are training in theological institutions with the hope of reaching their own people with the gospel. Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2007-09-30 |
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