Newsletter Feb 2018 – More school girls abducted / Highlights of 2017

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From Passion’s Desk:

With hearts in deep pain, we write this to give you a true picture of a recent ugly incident in Kasuwan Magani. It is less than 15 kilometres south-east of Kaduna town. It has a reasonable Muslim population surrounded by Christians.
In the early hours of February 26th 2018, both Christians and Muslims woke up to experience a blood bath. A Christian lady was in a relationship with a young Muslim boy. She relocated without her parents permission to live with her boyfriend who had completed arrangements to convert her to Islam and have a marriage contracted without her parent’s consent.
Attempts to resist this plan resulted in Muslim youths attacking the Christians. The reprisal by Christian youths left many dead, with houses and shops belonging to Christians burnt down. Sadly, today, many are homeless and jobless.
Passion is interested in Kasuwan Magani because we have a silent convert there and hope to make it our second mission field because we know that they are open to the gospel.
Thank you for remembering Passion for Converts International in your prayers.

More schoolgirls abducted

On 19th February, 2018, 110 Dapchi Federal Government Science and Technical College boarding school students were taken to an unknown destination without any security intervention. The North East region of Nigeria has been under the danger of adoption and Islamic terror attacks since 2014.

One Christian girl named Leah (15) was asked to accept Islam while in captivity. Because she refused to accept Islam, she was not released. After almost 5 weeks, all (except 5 who did not survive the ordeal and Leah), were released.

Passion celebrates with young Leah who, even at the point of death, defied the threat and stood her ground, maintaining and retaining her faith in Christ Jesus.

‘Unlocking the Growth’ Seminar

The Seminar was held in St. James Anglican Church, Kujama on 17 February, 2018.
It was attended by 25 pastors of different denominations.
At the conclusion of the Seminar, the pastors were asking that further such Seminars be held. This is encouraging for Passion as it is good to be seen as an instigator of programs that are helpful to local pastors.

A meagre response


Concerning the incident in Kasuwan Magani, (see ‘From Passion’s Desk’), Rev. Muhammed drove to the area to see the after effects of the uprising first hand. He was disappointed to see that while Muslims were giving out urgent assistance to fellow Muslims, there was little response from Christians helping fellow Christians.

The following day, Rev. Muhammed returned to give a bag of rice and a box of noodles to some affected Christians. He had no further funds to allocate to others in need.

Worth reading – Christianity alongside Islam


The author, John W. Wilson grew up in Sydney’s northern seaside suburbs. He trained for ordination in the Anglican Church of Australia at Ridley College in Melbourne. He has served in country and city churches and is a graduate of London, Yale and Duke Universities. He has travelled widely and taken a great interest in the churches of Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

Professor Peter Riddell, Centre for the Study of Islam and Other Faiths, says that ‘Christianity Alongside Islam’ succeeds in digesting a vast amount of information about both Christianity and Islam and presents it in a way that is very accessible to non-specialist readers.
ISBN 978-0-908284-91-7