The Persecution of Christians in Nigeria – Dr. Christian Ekong, 11/24/25 (2382)

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

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Archbishop Christian Ekong of the Lutheran Church of Nigeria

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0:00.0	This week on the Word of the Lord Endors Forever, we continue our walk through Genesis
0:04.3	chapters 42 to 43, picking up with a reckoning for blood.
0:09.4	What has God done to us?
0:11.2	Judas Pledge, if I am bereaved and do not be afraid.
0:16.6	Join me, Pastor Will Whedon, for the Word of the Lord indoors forever, your daily 15-minute,
0:22.3	verse-by-verse Bible study on demand. Listen at the wordendors.org or your favorite podcast provider.
0:36.1	Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria.
0:40.3	Thousands and thousands of Christians are being killed.
0:43.3	Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter.
0:47.3	I am hereby making Nigeria a country of particular concern.
0:51.3	That's a legal definition.
0:53.3	When the Christians or any such
0:55.6	group is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria, 3,100 versus 4,476 worldwide, what horrible
1:04.4	numbers. Something has to be done. I am asking Congressman Riley Moore, together with Chairman Tom Cole and the House Appropriations
1:13.1	Committee, to immediately look into this matter and to report back to me. And I mean like immediately.
1:20.0	The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria and numerous other
1:26.1	countries. It's not only Nigeria, it's all over.
1:30.0	We stand ready, willing, and able to save our great Christian population around the world.
1:35.6	This is not going to happen. The killing of Christians is not going to happen.
1:42.2	That's U.S. President Donald Trump speaking recently about the persecution of
1:45.9	Christians in Nigeria. He's rather hot under the collar, and he should be. What is the real
1:51.1	situation there and what motivates the Christian persecution there and elsewhere in Africa?
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