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“Churches Destroyed in Nigeria,” Missions Box, August 14, 2024:

NIGERIA — Churches are being burnt down and their congregations forced to close in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, the half-way house between the mainly Muslim north and the mainly Christian south. As Andrew Boyd from Release International reports.

Terrorists in Nigeria who are targeting and burning churches have forced a leading denomination to shut down 70 of its congregations in Plateau State.

Continuing attacks in Mangu and Bokkos counties have forced 70 churches to close and are preventing evangelistic outreach in northeastern Nigeria, according to the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN).

COCIN president, Rev Amos Mohzo, told Morning Star News that all the worship buildings in these communities have been burned down by terrorists.

Attacks by heavily armed Fulani militants killed 238 people over Christmas 2023.

These raids by Fulani, Boko Haram and bandits have continued since unabated.

Partners of UK-based Release International, which supports persecuted Christians worldwide, say more than 30,000 Nigerians have been killed by militants since the troubles began.

And Nigerian sources say Islamists have destroyed 18,000 churches since 2009….