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53,350 Christians killed since the Islamic uprising in July 2009, with 31,350 of those deaths occurring from June 2015 to May 2023. [40] The killings have been referred to as a silent genocide. [41] [42] [43] Persecution of Christians in Nigeria is pervasive and ongoing. "Christians are also routinely denied land to build churches.
A Nigerian Christian has been fully acquitted of any wrongdoing after spending 19 months in prison on blasphemy charges. Rhoda Jatau, a mother of five, was arrested in May 2022 after she allegedly ...
The National Church of Nigeria. Nigeria has the largest Christian population in Africa according to Pew Research Center and it has the sixth largest Christian population in the world although the Christians in Nigeria are roughly about 40%-49.3% of the country's population.
Christianity was followed by an estimated 46.18% of the Nigerian population in 2020; one-quarter of Christians in Nigeria are Catholic (12.39% of the country's population). [10] In the same year, over 9,500 priests and 6,500 nuns served over 4,000 parishes. [11]
There are more than 2000 missionaries from ECWA churches who serve in Nigeria and other countries with the Evangelical Missionary Society (EMS), the missionary arm of ECWA. [3] There has been a serious confrontation between evangelical Christians standing in opposition to the expansion of Sharia law in northern Nigeria by militant Muslims since ...
The Church of the Lord (Aladura) was established by Josiah Olunowo Ositelu founded in 1925 and inaugurated in 1930 in Ogere Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. [1]"Aladura" in Yoruba means the Praying People".
Word of Life Bible Church (WLBC) is a Pentecostal Christian megachurch located in Warri, Delta, Nigeria. It is one of the largest congregations in Nigeria, averaging about 30,000 attendees per week. [1] The church now has congregations in over 70 locations worldwide. [2] [3] The senior pastor is Ayo Oritsejafor. [4] [5]
The concert which lasted for more than 10 hours was attended by almost a million people, Travis Greene recognised it as the largest Christian concert in the world. Jimi Agbaje , Segun Agbaje , Mr and Mrs Sola David-Borha , Mrs Folorunsho Alakija , Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-olu , his wife Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-olu were also at #TE14.