(ICC) – The final 30 Sunday School attendees from a group of 131 arrested on February 19, have been released. However, Senior Pastor Kidane Weldou, of Muluwengel Church in Asmara was taken into custody. The initial group of 131 were arrested for attending the church services at Medhani-Alem Orthodox Church in Asmara , and included children as young 2 years old. It has taken authorities over a month to release all of the church goers, but many in the Churchs leadership have been held in prison for as long as 11 months. On Friday, March 18, Senior Pastor Weldou was apparently taken into custody and his car was found abandoned. These reports corroborate news that the Eritrean government has created a special campaign to rid the country of all Pentecostal and Evangelical Christians by the end of 2005. In just the first 10 weeks of this year, over 230 Christians have been arrested and approximately 400 Christians are being held in prison for worshipping Christ.
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"While it may seem that other political matters are more urgent, the real existential crisis in Nigeria and across the Sahel might be determining how to welcome a healthy youth movement."
Dissolution and Predation: Threats to the African Youth Movement - International Christian Concern
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A quick Google search of the phrase “Youth Movement” yields millions of links to an unimaginable number of causes trying to lay claim to the next generation.0 CommentsComment on Facebook