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,Smy
rna,Laodicea,Ph iladelphia,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 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
•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
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 involve in
politics. Enough of these muslims
political office holder with islamic agenda
ARISE CHURCH & LETS DO THE NEEDFUL

we all need to wake from our
Slumber instead of always claiming spirituality.