As the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference prepares to welcome
members of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren
in Nigeria), a Nigerian Brethren church is among those suffering fresh
attacks near Chibok, in news from Nigeria on Sunday.
Rebecca Dali, a leading member of EYN and wife of EYN president
Samuel Dante Dali, will be attending Annual Conference in Columbus,
Ohio, July 2-6, along with members of BEST, an EYN organization of
business people.
“Suspected Islamic extremists sprayed gunfire at worshippers and
torched four churches Sunday,” said a report from the Associated Press
and ABC. The attacks on Kwada and Kautikari villages were just a few
kilometers from Chibok, the place where Boko Haram abducted more than
200 schoolgirls in mid-April. Scores of people were killed and survivors
are hiding in the bush, the report said. In addition to the EYN church,
other churches that were destroyed included the Church of Christ in
Nigeria and the Deeper Life Bible Church. The attackers also burned
houses. See http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/gunmen-torch-churches-kill-scores-nigeria-24354330.
A news report posted on AllAfrica.com said that other attacks in
recent days have occurred in Kaduna and Taraba areas, and there was a
bombing in Bauchi. At least 52 people were killed and scores injured in
these other incidents. “The executive secretary of the Kaduna State
Emergency Management Agency...lamented that the tense situation in the
area was making distribution of relief materials to about 50,000
displaced persons almost impossible,” the report said. Read it at http://allafrica.com/stories/201406290009.html.
A list of speaking engagements by Rebecca Dali and by Carl and Roxane
Hill, who recently completed a term of service at EYN’s Kulp Bible
College, was included in last week’s Newsline. Find it at www.brethren.org/news/2014/rebecca-dali-to-visit-in-us.html.
In addition to these engagements, Dali and the Hills will be at an
insight session at Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, July
4, at 12:30 p.m. in Room C213-215 of the Columbus Convention Center.
Dali will be at the single adults’ lunch group on July 5. The evening of
July 5, she is to host a station at the intergenerational activities.
Financial support for the work of the Church of the Brethren in
Nigeria and for EYN is being received. Donate to the work of Global
Mission and Service in Nigeria at www.brethren.org/givegms . Donate to the EYN Compassion Fund at www.brethren.org/eyncompassion . Donate to the Emergency Disaster Fund to support disaster relief work in Nigeria at www.brethren.org.edf.
Source: 7/1/2014 Newsline
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