BBC World: Assignment

Categories: lord-have-mercy, other-churches

Date: 28 September 2007 04:25:43

The Horn of Africa is home to one of the oldest Christian churches in the world - Christianity there dates back 16-hundred years. But Christians in Eritrea are under attack from the government. The persecution of evangelical groups has now spread to members of the Orthodox Church.

listen here


[just a note, the Eritrean Orthodox Church is not in communion with the Orthodox Church I am a member of; Lord, please heal these divisions and make us one!]

A very sad report I heard over the radio last night. I also found it sad the Eritrean Orthodox Church sat back while evangelical congregations were targetted originally. It reminds me of Pastor Martin Niemöller poem First they came....

Lord, have mercy!