On April 14, 2014 more than 200 schoolgirls in NE Nigeria were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Today at our BTS faculty meeting we prayed over a list of some of the names we received from the Church of the Brethren, since many of the girls are from families associated with the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria.
While politicians discuss ransoms and prisoner exchanges, whether it is ever acceptable to negotiate with terrorists, or whether the US should send troops on the ground to another sovereign nation, we can pray. I assume, many of you are doing so already, but if not pray with me.
God, comfort Comfort Amos and her friends.
Show grace to Grace Paul and her friends.
Christ, be with Christiana Bitrus and their friends.
Lord, we want to rejoice with Rejoice Sanki and her friends.
God, bring peace to the Home of Peace.
God, comfort Comfort Amos and her friends.
If you’d like to read more about the injustice that is happening to females in the world, check out these two books.
Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, is a bestseller that not only tells incredible stories of oppressed women and girls but also offers a hopeful vision–how empowerment and education of women will lead to progress and development.
Half the Church, by Carolyn Custis James, speaks to what God is already doing, and what the church could be doing to embrace God’s vision for women throughout the globe.
