{"id":65523,"date":"2025-10-03T20:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=65523"},"modified":"2025-10-03T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:23:27","slug":"pastors-wife-church-member-kidnapped-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/pastors-wife-church-member-kidnapped-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0416\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0430 \u0446\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0432\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0445\u0438\u0449\u0435\u043d\u044b \u0432 \u041d\u0438\u0433\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0438"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>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<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":104418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-65523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":96832,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/extremists-abduct-pastors-wife-3-children-in-nigeria\/","url_meta":{"origin":65523,"position":0},"title":"Extremists Abduct Pastor\u2019s Wife, 3 Children in Nigeria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"22 \u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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