IS NIGERIA LIKE TURKEY?
•Turkey is in the present day Europe and
partly in Asia minor.
•Apostle Paul was a citizen of Tukey
because Tarsus exists in Turkey.
•Christianity existed in Turkey for about
1,023 years while Christianity has only
existed in Nigeria for 172yrs starting
from when Rev. Birch Freeman came to
Badagry in 1842.
•The seven churches Jesus spoke to in
Revelations 2&3(Ephesus,Smy
rna,Laodicea,Philadelphia,etc)existed in
the old Turkey.
•The disciples were first called Christians
in Turkey(Antioch)
•Turkey once had the largest Christian
auditorium in Europe called Hagia
Sophia in Constantinople.
•Mary the mother of Jesus was taken to
Turkey by Apostle John and till date, her
room has become a tourist centre.
TURKEY TODAY
•Present day Turkey now has 96%
muslims&0.02% Christians(less than
130,000).
•The Hagia Sophia(once largest church
in Europe) was taken over by muslims
and converted to a mosque for over
400yrs and later used as an Islamic
Museum
WHYCHRISTIANITY COLLAPSED IN
TURKEY
•Emphasis on doctrinal differences
weakened the Turkish church.
•Rivalries amongst denominations
•Petty politics in church coupled with
ethnic biase
•The Turks were building big cathedrals
instead of building men.
HOW IT HAPPENED
•Osman Ghazi discovered the disunity
amongst Christians and used it to fight a
Jihad that led to a mass genocide of the
Armenians, the Hellen and Turks of that day.
Infact, the weapon of war used was designed
by a Turkish Christian.
•Many Christian women converted to Islam to
save their lives and some we're raped.
•Osman Ghazi started the Ottoman empire
which gave muslims political post and made it
a religion of the state.
IS NIGERIA HEADING THE WAY OF
TURKEY
•Virtually all the mistakes the church in
Turkey made, the Nigerian church has made it.
•We are building Cathedrals at the
expense of discipling men.
•Disunity amongst churches
•Ethnicity in the church
•Denominational rivalry, etc.
•Sharp division along doctrinal lines
MORE FACTS
•The spiritual foundation of Turkey is
stronger than that of Nigeria and
Christianity existed for over 1000yrs in
Turkey unlike ours which is just 172yrs
but Islam Radicalism uprooted it. If it can
happen in Turkey, it can also happen IF we are
not careful.
•The menace of Boko Haram has
destroyed a lot of churches in the north and it
may take another 200yrs to evangelise Borno
state alone.
•There is a secret agenda to Islamize
Nigeria&other African nations as contained in
Abuja declaration of 1989.DON'T SAY IT CAN'T
HAPPEN HERE, IF
WE DON'T RIGHT OUR WRONGS AS A
CHURCH.
SOLUTION
•HEART-FELT Intercession
•Aggressive evangelism- the terrorist
reached out to the youths in the norths
first and gave them AK-47 and bombs, if
we had reached out to them on time,
they'll be carrying BIBLES today.
•Mission support:-God is holding the church
responsible for Boko Haram, yet we are
blaming the governement.If we had supported
missions and
missionaries, we would have those
insurgents to Christ long ago.
•Unity of the church is key in winning
this battle. The last but not the least
christians should be actively involve in
politics.
ARISE CHURCH & LETS DO THE NEEDFUL
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SAVE US LORD

I believe God is doing something, the body of Christ is growing in love, faith and in the knowledge of God. We would overcome.

Christianity will die down in Nigeria as in Turkey because people will only be deceived for so long.

Not that Islam is any better but most Turks that I know simply pay lip service to Islam - so I guess not so different from religious people everywhere.

mmsen:
Christianity will die down in Nigeria as in Turkey because people will only be deceived for so long.

Not that Islam is any better but most Turks that I know simply pay lip service to Islam - so I guess not so different from religious people everywhere.

Really