Source: Morning Star News, January 12, 2017
Islamic extremists ambushed a church leader in eastern Uganda last week after a sheikh they had sent to assassinate him at a church service instead became a Christian, sources said.
Sunni Muslim extremists had sent the sheikh, trained in Islamic proselytization, to the church’s worship service on December 4 to kill [said Bishop George Edweu of the Pentecostal Upright Church].
As the bishop was preaching on hearing and understanding the voice of God, the sheikh was sitting among the congregation of 200 people when the power of the gospel convicted him of sin, Bishop Edweu said. The young man rushed up to the podium and fell at the preacher’s feet.
Bishop Edweu said he stopped preaching and questioned the young man. As tears rolled down the sheikh’s cheeks, he answered, “I was sent to come and attack, to kill the pastor and destroy the church,” according to the bishop.
He repented as the shaken congregation looked on, Bishop Edweu prayed for him, and the would-be assassin put his faith in Christ as Lord and Savior, the pastor said.
News of the former sheikh’s conversion hit the community like lightning, and the young man knew he had to go into hiding. He, his wife, and two children, took refuge at an undisclosed location.
Since then area Muslims have been announcing his conversion weekly as they gather for mosque prayers. A local Christian resident told Morning Star News that on Fridays he has heard over the mosque loudspeaker, “[Name withheld] needs to die for forsaking Islam.”
The bishop and his congregation fear more persecution could be imminent.
The incident was the latest in a series of anti-Christian attacks in eastern Uganda.
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