{"id":96832,"date":"2026-07-22T03:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=96832"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:28:35","slug":"extremists-abduct-pastors-wife-3-children-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/extremists-abduct-pastors-wife-3-children-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Extremisten ontvoeren vrouw en 3 kinderen van predikant in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Islamic terrorists, suspected to be Boko Haram or the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), abducted the wife of a pastor and their three children on Saturday, July 18, along the Maiduguri-Damasak highway in Northeast Nigeria. The family of Pastor Moses Guguma was on its way to join him in Damasak when the gunmen stopped their vehicle. Damasak lies in northern Borno state near the Lake Chad basin, about 100 miles from Maiduguri, the state capital. The surrounding region\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The surrounding region\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[1057],"class_list":["post-96832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","series-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65523,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/pastors-wife-church-member-kidnapped-in-nigeria\/","url_meta":{"origin":96832,"position":0},"title":"Pastor\u2019s Wife, Church Member Kidnapped in Nigeria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"oktober 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Nigeria (International Christian Concern) \u2014 On Sunday, Sept. 21, unknown gunmen abducted a pastor\u2019s wife and a female church member in Agyaragu, in the Obi local government area of Nasarawa state in Nigeria.\u00a0 Samuel Nasamu, pastor of Word of God Church Agyaragu, had just left the house to visit a sick member of the congregation when he received a call from his wife, Patience.\u00a0 \u201cAll I could hear was her voice of prayer,\u201d Nasamu said. \u201cShe could not even tell\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Islam: Facts and Figures&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Islam: Facts and Figures","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/islam\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Sermon on the Mount, in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00342.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00342.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00342.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00342.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64607,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholic-priest-killed-in-senseless-act-of-violence-in-nigeria\/","url_meta":{"origin":96832,"position":1},"title":"Catholic priest killed in \u2018senseless act of violence\u2019 in Nigeria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"september 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Matthew Eya, a parish priest in the Diocese of Nsukka in Nigeria, was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, while returning to his parish after a pastoral assignment. \/ Credit: Diocese of Nsukka ACI Africa, Sep 23, 2025 \/ 14:12 pm (CNA). 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