partly in Asia.
■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 and Ghana 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,
Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and
Laodicea) existed in the old Turkey.
■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(lessthan 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.
*WHY CHRISTIANITY COLLAPSED IN TURKEY*
■Emphasis on doctrinal differences
weakened the Turkish church.
■Rivalries amongst denominations.
■Petty politics in church coupled with ethnic
biases.
■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 and
killed.
■Osman Ghazi started the Ottoman empire
which gave muslims political post and made
it a religion of the state.
*IS NIGERIA/GHANA HEADING THE WAY OF
TURKEY*
■Virtually all the mistakes the church in
Turkey made, the Nigerian/Ghanaian church
have 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/ Ghana 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 Northern Nigeria
and it may take another 200yrs to
evangelize Borno State alone.
■There is a secret agenda to Islamize Nigeria
and 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!!!
Please, send to Bishops, General Overseers,
Pastors,Christian whatsapp groups and all
Christians on your contact list.
May God bless you as you spread the Word.
You are the Church.
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