Source: Christian Freedom International, December 26, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Terrorists massacred at least 160 people in predominantly Christian areas in central Nigeria on December 24 and 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of those killed were preparing church Christmas programs. Most were elderly, women, and children who could not escape. [More than] 300 were wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese terrorists who attacked these Christian communities were in the hundreds, and they carried out the attacks as the hapless Christians were preparing for Christmas programs lined up by their pastors,\u201d Dawzino Mallau told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local officials in central Plateau state confirmed the massacre. In one area, 113 people were killed in coordinated attacks in at least 20 villages. Hundreds of homes were also destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a> with prayer points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also Christmas Massacres Challenge Secular Explanations of Nigeria Conflict<\/a> (Christianity Today) and a more encouraging story from West Africa: In Muslim-Dominated North Ghana, Christians See an Explosion of Baptisms<\/a> (Real Clear Religion).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Christian Freedom International, December 26, 2023 Terrorists massacred at least 160 people in predominantly Christian areas in central Nigeria on December 24 and 25. Many of those killed were preparing church Christmas programs. Most were elderly, women, and children who could not escape. [More than] 300 were wounded. \u201cThese terrorists who attacked these Christian … Continue reading Nigeria: 160 People Massacred on Christmas Eve and Day<\/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-12630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630","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=12630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12631,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630\/revisions\/12631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}