Source: Morning Star News, January 21, 2020<\/p>\n
The Rev. Lawan Andimi had a treasured life\u2014a loving family, an affectionate congregation, respect from his colleagues.<\/p>\n
The kidnapped district chairman of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) in Michika County, in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Adamawa state, had stated in a video that he trusted in God should he lose his life to Islamic terrorists of Boko Haram. The rebel militants executed the father of eight children on Monday [January 20], the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) confirmed [Tuesday, January 21].<\/p>\n
Ahmad Salkida, a Muslim journalist who has been a primary means for Boko Haram to release information, reported in a tweet that the group beheaded Pastor Andimi on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
CAN President Samson Ayokunle today confirmed in a comment to the Nigerian newspaper the Daily Post<\/a> that Pastor Andimi had been executed.<\/p>\n Pastor Andimi had said in a Boko Haram video released by Salkida on January 5 that he hoped to be reunited with his wife, children, and colleagues.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the opportunity has not been granted, maybe it is the will of God,\u201d he said. \u201cI want all people close and far, colleagues, to be patient. Don\u2019t cry, don\u2019t worry, but thank God for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n Pastor Andimi, who also served as chairman of CAN\u2019s local chapter, was kidnapped on January 2 when Boko Haram attacked two Christian communities in the area.<\/p>\n \u00bb Read full story<\/a>. Heartbreaking. We were ready to publish a report highlighting the pastor\u2019s January 5 statements when we saw the news that he had been killed. Please be in prayer for his family and community.<\/p>\n \u00bb Meanwhile, in Iran, a prominent Christian rights activist has disappeared.<\/a>. This is a great time to pray for Iran<\/a> (Prayercast).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Morning Star News, January 21, 2020 The Rev. Lawan Andimi had a treasured life\u2014a loving family, an affectionate congregation, respect from his colleagues. The kidnapped district chairman of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) in Michika County, in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Adamawa state, had stated in a video that he trusted in God … Continue reading NIGERIA: Boko Haram Executes Brethren Pastor<\/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-9039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039","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=9039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9053,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions\/9053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}