Northern Region, Nigeria

Uh, and everywhere that radical Islam and Christianity sort of border each other, there is conflict and there are attacks.

Uh, we see that in Burkina Faso, we see it in Northern Mozambique, uh, we certainly see it in Northern Nigeria.

Um, so across that African continent, there is so much violence against Christians and, like I say, it's, it's under-reported.

I, I think, uh, American media, uh, unless Angelina Jolie is in Africa, they really don't care about anything that's happening in Africa.

So, Northern Nigeria is predominantly Muslim.

Now, look at it from the perspective of a Muslim Northern Nigerian.

You have these Christians saying, oh, please come and educate your child in a Christian missionary school.

Of course, as a Muslim parent, you're going to be worried and think that, oh, these people, they don't just want to educate my child.

Over the years past, as a church, we've sent people out to plant churches.

From our church, we've planted in Inverness, Dunfermline, Poland, Falkirk, Hong Kong, and from Hong Kong into Nepal and the Philippines, Gombe, Northern Nigeria, and also into Yola, Northern Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa, Ghana.

We've had the privilege of sending people out.

In fact, here's a couple of the great leaders who have gone out over the years.

You said this is what it is, but you want a different outcome here.

There's such a big cognitive dissonance whenever we have these conversations, especially in Northern Nigeria.

And they have told me that I'm a fighter.

So I'm trying to really hold myself here.

You'll kill them so that you will be culpable of all the blood.

Those who persecute believers, those who stoned the prophets in Old Testament Israel, The people from Boko Haram murdering Christians today in Northern Nigeria.

The Christians being slaughtered in Sudan today.

The Christians being persecuted in Pakistan and in Iran.

These themes are critically important in other areas as well.

So for example, in the missions space, uh, in the international space, in, in Northern Nigeria, in the middle belt of Nigeria, where the Christian Emergency Alliance is very, very active because there is basically open warfare upon the indigenous Christian community there, and we're doing all we can to either stop it or prevent it.

And yet there's a very strong pietistic theme through there where they...

many of them will just, 'cause this is what they were taught from the missionaries, uh, from hundreds of years ago, they were taught that they can't do anything, that this world is not worth it, that their families aren't worth defending, their selves aren't worth defending, and so we're combating that.

So tell us a little bit about, you know, your your company.

Well, first of all, I grew up in Northern Nigeria.

Okay.

And you know Northern Nigeria is the home of suya.

Yes.

Yeah, grew up in Kanu.