Christian Convert Flees Family

A young Christian has fled his family after they beat and threatened him. Adnan grew up in a predominately Muslim area of northern Nigeria and loved to study the Quran. When he noticed contradictions between what he had been told about Jesus and what he read in the Quran, his teachers told him to stop asking questions. He then secretly visited a church where Christians welcomed him. He also enjoyed the music and the teaching. Later, he met privately with a pastor who answered his questions, and he placed his faith in Christ. At home afterwards, Adnan forgot an Islamic prayer, and his suspicious family beat him. One night, his father held a knife to his throat, forcing him to fight for his life. Adnan escaped and is now enrolled in a Bible school. “The true God has revealed himself to me and salvation through his son Jesus,” he said. “I miss my family, but there is no going back.”

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