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An evangelist, Taddese Tefera Akufo, was beaten to death by militant Muslims in Jimma on March 26, according to VOMC sources. Akufo and two female coworkers were evangelizing on Merkato Street when a mob of Muslims emerged from a mosque. The two women were able to flee but the militants dragged Taddese inside the building and beat him to death. The killing was apparently a direct attack against a local evangelism campaign. In an attempt to shift the blame, local Muslims have opened a case against Christians that falsely accuses them of entering mosques in order to forcibly convert Muslims.
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Image from the October
massacre in Jimma
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Pray that those who mourn for Taddese will find comfort in the fact that Christ is victorious over death and that those who die in Christ will be raised with Him. (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). Pray that God will embolden Ethiopian Christians to follow the example of those who were martyred for Him (1 Corinthians 4:9-14, 16).
For more information on the persecution facing Christians in Ethiopia, click here. VOMC's multimedia website www.persecution.tv has amateur video footage of the aftermath of a massacre of Christians in Jimma in October 2006. The April edition of The Voice of the Martyrs Newsletter features the persecution facing Christians in Ethiopia and how VOMC is standing with them. To receive a copy and a free subscription, click here.
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