Amazing facts for all christains

•Turkey is in the present day Europe and partly in Asia minor.
•Apostle Paul was a citizen of Tukey 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,Smyrna,Laodicea,Philadelphia 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 than130,000).
•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 while de-emphasizing the teachings of Jesus and His apostles 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.
•There is disunity amongst churches, while de-emphasizing the teachings of Jesus and of His apostles,
•Ethnicity in the church
•Denominational rivalry,
•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 happened in Turkey, it can also happen in Nigeria 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 and back to the teachings of Jesus and His apostles.
•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 governement. 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
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