▼ Key Takeaways
- Christians in Nigeria continue to face deadly attacks, with families losing loved ones and survivors living in fear of renewed violence.
- Brad Brandon’s ministry conducts rescue missions to help persecuted Christians escape danger and reach refugee facilities.
- Hundreds of widows and displaced families need ongoing medical care, counseling, shelter, and emotional support.
- Early-warning systems and community schools may help protect vulnerable families and address conditions that contribute to extremist recruitment.
- Despite witnessing horrific violence, Brad continues sharing the gospel and reports that more than 7,000 people have converted to Christianity through his ministry over 12 years.
- Listeners can help by praying for persecuted Christians and their persecutors, sharing their stories, and watching or listening to the Huey Alert podcast.
Two pregnant women. A four-year-old child.
They were among 14 people that had been massacred when Brad Brandon’s team arrived at a Nigerian community.
He helped bury them.
Then came another call. Another community had been attacked. Ten more people were dead.
His team worked there until evening. About an hour after they left, the attackers returned.
Five more people were killed.
Brad told Shelly and me this story on the Huey Alert podcast.
In our episode titled Nigeria’s Christians Under Attack: An Insider Reveals What Could Help Stop The Genocide, it captures a terrible reality for the persecuted church: surviving one massacre does not mean you are safe from the next.
And while the world’s attention moves on, families still need somewhere to run.
Here are five things you should understand.
1. The latest Nigerian genocide reports have names, families, and shattered lives behind them.
For example, a Baptist pastor and church employee had been killed while traveling to Sunday services in Nigeria. The pastor’s son was critically wounded.
Going to church had become a journey they would not survive.
Escape routes had been cut off during the violence.
Nanbam Ayuba, a mother of five whose husband had been killed in a 2023 attack, said: “I am currently speaking from hiding and do not even know where my children are.”
Think about that as a parent. Or a grandparent.
She had already lost her husband. Now she was hiding, unable to locate her children.
But the world… America… to church and pastors are silent.
2. Rescue can mean leaving everything behind to stay alive.
Brad’s ministry conducts extraction missions, moving people from dangerous situations into refugee facilities.
Some are escaping attacks. Others face threats after converting to Christianity.
He described a facility sheltering 120 people with stories of conversion to Christ. followed by danger.
For them, finding refuge is an immediate need.
Brad also described an early-warning system his team is using. Families may have only one or two minutes to escape an attack. His team’s modeling gives s a warning window of 12–17 minutes.
Its purpose is painfully concrete: give people time to get out before the attackers arrive.
3. The death toll does not count everyone whose life has been shattered.
Brad’s ministry cares for 570 widows whose husbands were killed in attacks.
Every one of those women has a story that continues after the burial.
There are injuries needing treatment. Grief needing care. Families needing shelter and support.
Brad described in our podcast providing medical care, counseling, and prayer. He also discussed plans for a widow center and an expanded refugee facility.
A massacre does not end when the shooting stops. Its consequences follow survivors into every part of daily life.
Protecting the persecuted must include helping the living rebuild.
4. Protecting villages also means disrupting radical Islamist recruitment.
Brad argues that security measures must be accompanied by work that addresses the conditions extremists exploit.
His ministry operates 15 schools serving Muslim communities. Children learn to read and write in Hausa and English.
Brad reports that violence has dropped roughly 60–70% where his team has established schools.
5. Hope requires caring for victims—and reaching those who could become persecutors.
After witnessing such cruelty, Brad, on our podcast, acknowledges struggling with anger.
Yet he continues sharing the gospel in Muslim communities. He reports more than 7,000 people coming to Christ over 12 years of ministry.
He asks for prayer for persecuted Christians.
He also asks for prayer for their persecutors.
That is a difficult request from someone who has helped dig mass graves.
It reveals why he keeps going back: he wants to protect lives and see hearts and lives changed with the love of Christ.
Shelly and I invited Brad because he can take you beyond casualty totals into the work of rescue, grief, and rebuilding.
Our free conversation gives you a firsthand account from someone who has stood beside these families and persecuted church—and explains what he believes could help.
Watch or listen to the free podcast Nigeria’s Christians Under Attack: An Insider Reveals What Could Help Stop The Genocide by clicking the links below.
Listen. Pray specifically. Share their story.
The next family facing an attack deserves more than a passing moment of concern.
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