Brave Nigerian Pastor Preaches The Gospel In Muslim Kidnappers’ Den

Pastor Yohanna Yaro Matongson, 58, was at home with his family in a remote Christian village in Nigeria's Plateau State on 19 April this year when presumed Fulani militants stormed his house and took him captive. Masara Kim relates the story of a fearless pastor who witnessed to his faith while in captivity.

From his room, Matongson could hear male voices speaking Fulfulde, the dialect of the Fulani militias which have been blamed for the murder of thousands of Christians in Nigeria. “They used a rock to break the main door open,” said Matongson in an interview.

The following few minutes were filled with the sound of “loud gunshots”, he said. “I tried to calm my wife. But I was deeply worried for my children in an opposite room,” he added. “I tried to distract them from going to my children’s room by opening the door to our bedroom and one of them fired a shot in my direction,” he recalled.

The bullet fired through the door’s hinge pierced the floor tile in front of him, he said. But just then, the father of ten heard a gang member scream from behind the man who fired the shot.

“I think the bullet made a rebound and hit him in the leg and he started to bleed profusely,” said Matongson, who concluded the “miracle” was a sign of God’s presence with him.

“I instantly recalled an episode two weeks earlier where a friend told me I would preach to kidnappers,” he said.

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