Source: Global Christian Relief, April 5, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pastor Touwende was a pastor in the northern region of Burkina Faso, until recently\u2014when he was forced to flee. In the past few years, Muslim extremists have surged through the northern region, attacking Christian communities and displacing millions. Believers have been abducted, beaten, and even killed for their faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[But then] the situation got even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was afraid, because two days before, they killed someone in the village, thinking he was the pastor. Today they are looking for me! In my mind at that time, I thought I would be killed. I prayed, \u2018Oh, Lord, if my work for You is finished and I will die, so be it. But if it is not yet finished, may Your will be done.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the attack came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a>. Evidently, Pastor Touwende was one of the only pastors in this region. Ask God to strengthen his people in the midst of these tensions and tragedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also Jubilee Campaign\u2019s recent Universal Periodic Review on Burkina Faso<\/a>. Very detailed with much fuel for prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Global Christian Relief, April 5, 2023 Pastor Touwende was a pastor in the northern region of Burkina Faso, until recently\u2014when he was forced to flee. In the past few years, Muslim extremists have surged through the northern region, attacking Christian communities and displacing millions. Believers have been abducted, beaten, and even killed for their … Continue reading Burkina Faso: Displaced by Extremists and Nearly Killed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11949,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11945\/revisions\/11949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}