Somalia: Former Addict Driven from Home for Accepting Christ

Source: Morningstar News, May 27, 2025

Muslim parents in southern Somalia were overjoyed to see their missing 20-year-old son, a drug addict, return home free of substance abuse this month.

When they discovered that his transformation sprang from putting his faith in Christ, however, they drove him from their home in Hararoba, near Afmadow in Lower Juba Region, on May 19.

The young man had come to Christ on April 20 after an underground Somali pastor shared the gospel with him.

Serving the Hidden Church in Somalia. It describes a network of safe houses set up to shelter believers in similar situations (International Christian Concern).

INcontext recently published an infographic about how to pray for Somalia. The nation seems marked by deepening instability.

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