The Faithful Watchman

Nigerian Christians are facing one of the most violent years in two decades of genocide by Islamic jihadis, according to a Christian advocacy group.

Between January and the close of April, International Christian Concern (ICC) says that it had documented “a dramatic rise in attacks against Christian communities in Nigeria.” In the span of a little over three months, ICC soberly reported, over 300 Christians were killed. Dozens more were abducted while thousands were displaced as Islamic jihadi violence continues to escalate in Nigeria. Unfortunately, Nigerian authorities still largely fail to address the raging violence or help its victims.

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For the first time in modern German history, more Germans identify as religiously unaffiliated than as Roman Catholics or Protestants, according to a new survey published by the Weltanschauungen research group (Fowid) and reported by Evangelical Focus.

The 2024 data reveal that 47% of Germany’s population—an estimated 39 million people—now consider themselves to have no religious affiliation. In contrast, the combined number of Protestants and Roman Catholics stands at 38 million, or 45% of the population.

Read more at: christiandaily.com

Recent American military operations in Yemen have resulted in the deaths of over 500 Houthi terrorists, including high-ranking commanders, JNS reported Tuesday, citing a Saudi-based media report which quoted US sources and a Yemeni minister.

Yemen’s Information Minister, Moammar al-Eryani, confirmed in an interview with Al Arabiya that the US air campaign has struck a wide range of Houthi military assets. Targets included command centers, training grounds, weapons caches, and communications infrastructure.

Read more at: israelnationalnews.com

The incident, which started at 12:49 pm local time during a public holiday when many children were out of school and celebrating in the streets, caused widespread panic in Istanbul, which is on tenterhooks due to the looming threat of a major earthquake.

It didn’t matter how soundly she slept, Salamatu would wake up at 2 a.m. every night — her body remembering what her mind wished she could forget. It had been that same hour, months earlier, when Boko Haram stormed into her village, rewriting her future forever.

For Salamatu, terror was a way of life. In an earlier wave of violence, the jihadists had swarmed her Nigerian church, shooting the pastor in cold blood. Then, she says quietly, they came for her family. “My husband told me we should pray,” Salamatu remembers of that horrible night.

Read more at: christianpost.com

This week is significant for Christians worldwide, including myself, as we commemorate Jesus Christ’s death and sacrifice on Good Friday and celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has announced new regulations that will severely restrict foreign missionaries in China starting May 1. Citing the need to combat “extremism” and protect national security, these measures threaten religious freedoms.

Under the new regulation, foreign missionaries must obtain government approval for lectures, sermons, and group activities, facing a burdensome application process that details the date, time, location, and attendees.

Read more at: thefederalist.com

Happy Easter! Christ is risen and has conquered the devil. That’s bad news for a mob of crazy Commies in California, who showed their support for having biological men compete in women’s sports by shrieking the praises of their master, Satan.

A Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) board meeting in California’s San Bernardino County took a dark turn last week, when rabid leftists who fanatically support transgenderism revealed also — surprise, surprise — that they have a streak of Satanism, real or feigned. How appropriate that people who support the lie that people can change sexes salute the Father of Lies.

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“Experiments to dim sunlight to fight global warming will be given the green light by the Government within weeks,” British outlet The Telegraph reports. “Outdoor field trials which could include injecting aerosols into the atmosphere, or brightening clouds to reflect sunshine, are being considered by scientists as a way to prevent runaway climate change.”

Don’t worry about the potential devastating and irreversible effects of blocking out the literal singular object that provides the basis for all life on Earth; the agency launching the project — the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) — assures the public its project will be “rigorously assessed.”

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There are certainties life: death, taxes, and the ever-present risk of India and Pakistan going to war — and the latest spark could prove to be Tuesday’s jihadi Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist attack that left at least 26 non-Muslims dead on the Indian side of the long-disputed Kashmir region.

Visegrád 24 reported today that New Delhi announced “strong measures against Pakistan,” including cancelling South Asia-regional SAARC visas for Pakistani visitors, closing the Wagah border crossing, and suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) governing the allocation of water from the region’s major rivers.

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If you are going to need anything made in China, I would buy it now while you still can.  Many companies have already decided that it no longer makes any economic sense to import Chinese-made products into the United States because tariff rates are so high.  As a result, there are certain things that will soon no longer be available to U.S. consumers.  On Monday, when I posted an article warning about “empty shelves” in the months ahead, some people thought that I was exaggerating.  But of course the truth is that I was not exaggerating at all.  On Tuesday, the CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Depot and  Lowe’s specifically warned President Trump that store shelves all over the country could “soon be empty” during a meeting at the White House…

Read more at: theeconomiccollapseblog.com