On Christmas morning in 2024, Solomon Amande, like many Christians in Benue State of Nigeria, attended a special church service to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. After the service, Christians returned home for a celebratory meal when they were attacked by Muslims in one of the bloodiest Christmas attacks in recent history.
“They were chasing people and shooting sporadically, and whoever they caught up with was killed,” Solomon recalls from that bloody Christmas morning when 140 believers were killed.
“Christmas is the most deadly time of the year for Christians in Nigeria,” explained one Nigerian Pastor, who has been working with BTJ for years. Almost every Christmas, hundreds of Christians are hunted down in Nigeria and killed. Their homes and churches are burned to the ground and children are abducted.
This year alone, over 7,000 Christians have been slaughtered for their faith. That is about 35 per day as confirmed by human rights groups and US congress. This is why BTJ is launching Christmas in Nigeria, in an effort to provide food and safety for families to celebrate Christmas.
