"Working through the authority of the local churches is the most effective and efficient method to impact ‘the many’,” says Bible League's National Director for Nigeria. Bible League workers constantly face significant dangers when they travel to share their faith.

“One morning on the way to conduct Bible League training with a church group, we were stopped by a gang of radicals,” says Ajani, a Bible League worker.

 “They have guns. They came and started beating our people until they bled. I lay down on the ground for two hours in the thorns that pinched me. Once I lifted up my head to see what was happening, the robber kicked me. They took our passports, clothes and all our money,” says Ajani. This year alone Ajani was robbed twice.

“I try not to tell my wife about the robbery,” says another Bible League worker. “One day I came home covered with dirt and mud. My wife asked me why I was so dirty. I had to tell her that I had been robbed.”

God's Word strengthens persecuted Christians
In some places it is common for new believers to be driven from their home. Young people and even children are often beaten or put out on the street. If they do not beg to return home, their lives are threatened.

“When offering help to new believers, local church members are often threatened with violence. This has given rise to a network of ‘safe houses’ for the new believers. They are offered protection, food and teaching. They have to move from time to time to avoid detection. Bible League's Project Philip Bible study materials are being used throughout this network. God's Word is their source of strength,” says the National Director.

Bible League workers have also made a special effort to reach out to Christians who, after murderous riots, were driven from their homes and are now living in refugee camps. They live in abject poverty, sleeping in grass-covered lean-tos without water, sanitary amenities, electricity, furniture or cooking facilities.

“In their midst, a pastor stood up to speak, telling me that there were over one thousand people in the displacement camp,” says the National Director, “Among them there were only four Bibles. When they had been driven from their homes, their Bibles had been lost.”

These Christians need God's Word to sustain them and give them strength and hope. We invite you to join us in providing them with God's Word.

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