Embrace Peace for the Good of all
The All Africa Baptist Fellowship is fully committed to defending matters that concern Human Rights, Peacebuilding, Religious Freedom, and Multifaith Relations across Africa. We therefore receive with great concern the ongoing global uproar regarding the largest black nation on earth, Nigeria. To us in Africa and the Baptist family, the peace, stability, and prosperity of Nigeria is a blessing to the entire continent. We therefore appeal to all the parties concerned to embrace peace for the good of all. The alleged violations of religious freedom and human rights in Nigeria call for great concern, and as Baptists on the continent of Africa, we are deeply saddened and call on all the stakeholders to chart the paths that put a stop to the menace of religious crisis. The Nigerian government has the responsibility of securing the lives and properties of people of all faiths, including Christians. We serve a relational God, and historically, Africans are known to be relational. ...