IS NIGERIA GOING THE WAY OF TURKEY?
•Turkey is in the present day Europe and partly in Asia minor.
•Apostle Paul was a citizen of Turkey
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, Smyrna, 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(lessthan130,000).
•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
WHY CHRISTIANITY COLLAPSED IN TURKEY
•Emphasis on doctrinal differences weakened the Turkish church.
•Rivalries amongst denominations
•Petty politics in church coupled with ethnic biasis
•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. In fact, the weapon of war used was designed by a Turkish Christian.
•Many Christian women converted to Islam to save their lives and some were 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
•Denominationalrivalry, 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 government. 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 involved in politics. Enough of these Muslims political office holder with Islamic agenda ARISE CHURCH & LETS DO THE NEEDFUL
Pls, send to other Christians

i foresee christianity encroachment in Nigeria if it is not practised the proper way.

Hmmmm, May God help us

The pentacostal churches are the cause of the division, when we had the othodox there was unity but when the greedy cunning pastors that preach only about money came out the division started because everybody Started opening churches in bid to get rich quick. Moreover these pentecostals don't evangelise, the only steal members of other churches. Go to d villages and interiors u will see that d christians there attend d othodox church because the church evangelised there n converted them. U will never see a pentacostal church there until comerece has improved in the village or community that is when they will spring up to take d members of these other churches all in bid to milk them of their hard earnd money.

lomprico:
The pentacostal churches are the cause of the division, when we had the othodox there was unity but when the greedy cunning pastors that preach only about money came out the division started because everybody Started opening churches in bid to get rich quick. Moreover these pentecostals don't evangelise, the only steal members of other churches. Go to d villages and interiors u will see that d christians there attend d othodox church because the church evangelised there n converted them. U will never see a pentacostal church there until comerece has improved in the village or community that is when they will spring up to take d members of these other churches all in bid to milk them of their hard earnd money.

even in the vatican city attendance is so low.

For the record The hagia sopia was an othodox strong hold

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