The Chairman’s Report for February

In this issue of the newsletter
New: Nigeria: Videos show churchgoers kidnapped but police deny it happened
New: Nigeria: Inside IDP camps … Feeding children robbed of their homes
New: The children left homeless by Christmas Eve attack
New: Arrest in France exposes Western politicians fear of the truth about Islam

The “Official” Denial of Christian Genocide

In Nigeria, there are two realities. There is the bloody reality faced by Christian families every day, and then there is the “official” reality presented by the police and the government.

In January, reports surfaced that gunmen had abducted over 160 worshippers in a series of coordinated attacks on churches. Videos and pictures circulated online, showing the chaos and the grief of families. Yet, the Nigerian police in these Muslim-controlled states issued a statement denying the abductions ever happened.

Police claimed these mass kidnappings were “rumors” or “exaggerations.”

We know the truth, because we are there.

While the authorities play word games, our team on the ground in Plateau State is counting the bodies. Just minutes before the New Year, at 11:00 PM on New Year’s Eve, Fulani militias stormed the Christian community of Chugwi in Jos South. As families prepared to welcome 2026, gunmen opened fire. At least seven people were confirmed dead immediately, plunging the community into mourning instead of celebration.

Alerts about a potential attack had been sent to security agencies in advance.  They did nothing. And now, they deny the scale of the violence.

Our Response: We Cannot Fix the Police, But We Can Feed the Victims

The Religious Freedom Coalition, through our Heart for the Persecuted Church program, operates out of our orphanage. Because of the security situation and the government’s hostility, we limit our direct IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) operations to Plateau State.

We cannot stop the Fulani terrorist militias from attacking Christian villages. But we can work to feed IDP children so they do not starve.

Inside the Camps

Report from the Field: The Children of Mangu and Bokkos

In response to the escalating violence, our ministry officially launched a new outreach initiative in July 2024. We are now conducting monthly visits to IDP camps across five Local Government Areas: Mangu, Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Riyom, and Bassa (Jebbu Miango).

Our latest audit shows that we are now supporting 218 displaced children monthly.

These are not just statistics. These are children living in makeshift tents because their homes were burned to the ground. During a recent unannounced follow-up visit to an IDP camp in Mangu, we found deplorable conditions.

Volunteer teachers are trying to educate children in tents with no chairs and almost no books. But the greatest tragedy is the story of how they got there.

The Face of the Persecuted

Katbam and Katlong’s story: During our visits, we met Katbam and Katlong, young twins from Barkin Ladi. Their story is a nightmare that no child should endure.

On Christmas Eve, their village was attacked. Their mother, Abigail, grabbed the twins and ran toward a nearby farm for safety. As they fled, she was shot by a Fulani gunman. She died on the spot.

Katlong told us, “I saw the man raise her wrapper up… We continued running.”. Their father, Elisha, was also killed that day. Today, these twins are school dropouts, struggling to find enough food to eat. They are the reasons we go back every month.

Jiret is one of seven siblings left behind. With their parents gone and their home a pile of ash, they have dropped out of school.

These are the “rumors” the police deny. These are the lives we are fighting to save.

Joy Amidst the Ashes

A Moment of Light: The Christmas Funfair

Despite the grief, we were determined to bring light to these children. In December, we hosted a massive “Christmas Funfair” for 465 people—including the 218 IDP children, the 130 children from our orphanage, and children from other local orphanages.

For one day, they were not “victims” or “refugees.” They were just kids.

They played: We set up bouncing castles, table tennis, and an electric train.

They feasted: The older teenagers from our orphanage baked cakes, and everyone received a hot dinner.

They received: Every child went home with a gift pack containing essentials like toothpaste and soap, as well as new shoes and sweatshirts.

We even took them on a field trip to the Jos Wildlife Park, where they could see the animals and praise God for His creation. Many of these children accepted Jesus as their Savior during the event.

Expanding the Mission: Because of the continued attacks, the number of orphans is growing. In August, we added the Riyom Local Government Area to our monthly route.

We also discovered a previously neglected IDP camp in Mangu where 13 orphans had been left without support. We immediately enrolled them in our program.

Rebuilding Lives, One Child at a Time

Our work in Nigeria is evolving. We are not just dropping off food; we are trying to rebuild the family structures that the Jihadists destroyed.

Our team has been conducting assessments to see which children can be placed with relatives and which need to remain in the camps. In some cases, we have seen success—children we supported last year have been integrated into stable families, allowing us to shift funds to new victims who have just arrived.

But the need remains overwhelming. In Mangu alone, over 134,000 people have been displaced by the attacks. The army’s presence is often viewed as a threat rather than a help, leaving the community to fend for itself.

We will continue to stand in the gap.

Liberty Withering in France in the face of Islam

While Christians in Nigeria face physical death, Christians in the West face the death of their liberties—often in the name of “protecting” Islam.

In a shocking incident in France, Yona Fraedda, a human rights activist, was arrested on the street. Her crime? She was asking questions about the radical Islamist teachings now flooding social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube.

She was exposing the online preachers who cite Quran 4:34 to justify a husband’s “religious duty” to discipline his wife. She was questioning the rising promotion of Qawama (male guardianship), a doctrine that frames female dependence as divinely ordained and portrays Western gender equality as “moral chaos” that destroys the family.

These radicals use our own platforms to attack Western freedoms, describing women’s rights as a threat to Islamic identity.

But instead of investigating the extremists who preach that “discipline” includes physical violence, the French police arrested the woman who dared to ask questions. The French government, terrified of offending its growing Muslim population, is now silencing those who speak out against the very ideology that oppresses women.

Yona Fraedda and the other brave young ladies that work with her continue to expose the practice in France of Imams using social media to promote hatred of French values.

Authorities silencing any attempt to expose the violence of Islam is common in France. In the UK a man was arrested for a Facebook post critical of the known terrorist organization HAMAS. Why? Maybe European leaders are fearful of Islamic violence if Muslims are criticized, or maybe they just don’t want to admit importing millions of Muslims into Europe for cheap labor was a mistake.

In America the mainstream media attacks Christians who do not accept “fluid” sexuality but never criticize imams such as Sheikh Yasir Qadhi, the Dean of The Islamic Seminary of America and a resident scholar in Plano, Texas, Qadhi is a major voice on social media who attacks the LGBT agenda. Western imams also regularly promote the submission of women and even endorse Quranic passages that allow physical punishment of women by their husbands.

There is an Internet location hosted by MEMRI that exposes the hateful sermons and statements of “Western” Imams. The site is located at:

https://www.memri.org/tv/subjects/sermons-by-imams-in-the-west

Many of the sermons I have seen express hatred of Christians and Jews. The mainstream media in the United States will not expose this hatred. Why not?

Whether in the terrifying silence of a Nigerian village that has been overrun by Sunni Muslim terrorists or the censored streets of Paris, the Religious Freedom Coalition will continue to speak the truth.

I’m not afraid to let you know the truth about Islam as America collectively forgets the attack on September 11, 2001, that left thousands of Americans dead and many thousands more suffering.

For years I fought the construction of a mosque within site of the Ground Zero in New York City. I participated in many rallies and spoke at events in New York on the anniversary of 9-11 on many occasions.

The media and the politicians have shut down the truth about 9-11 with silence.

I remained stunned by the order of the governor of New York state to light the World Trade Center green in honor or Islam. In the case Governor Hochul of New York the color of green money for her campaign is more important than the red blood of Americans lost on 9-11. We are struggling to win the battle in Nigeria. We need help.