Christians Are Being Slaughtered in Nigeria, and the World Is Still Yawning

By now, the numbers are too sickening to ignore: over 3,400 Christians murdered in Nigeria in one year alone in 2025. It's more than anywhere else on Earth combined. Entire churches torched. Believers abducted, mutilated, raped, and slaughtered by Islamic jihadists like Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa. And yet the so-called “global community” yawns. The UN issues a statement nobody reads. And the media? Too busy crying about pronouns in email signatures.

A man in white attire in a church with hands wide open in the mode of prayer in Lagos Nigeria. (Shutterstock)

Where is the outrage? Where are the protests? Where are the candlelight vigils in the West?

Here’s the ugly truth: They don’t care. Nigerian Christians are the “wrong” kind of victims. They believe in Jesus. They aren’t waving rainbow flags. And they refuse to convert to Islam. That makes them disposable in the eyes of the elite class that controls global narratives.

This Is Genocide. Call It What It Is.

What’s happening in Nigeria isn’t just “religious conflict” or “sectarian violence”, those are cowardly phrases used by cowards in suits who want to sound smart without doing anything.

This is genocide. And it’s being carried out by men with machetes, rifles, and Qurans, all while their government either turns a blind eye or joins in. Sharia law is enforced in over a dozen Nigerian states. Christians are beaten and even executed for “blasphemy” - which can mean anything from criticizing Muhammad to refusing forced conversion. Women are taken as sex slaves. Boys are recruited as child soldiers. Families vanish. This is what evil looks like.

Over 125,000 Christians have been murdered since Boko Haram began its reign of terror in 2009. That’s more than the population of many American cities. If a single mosque was attacked in Paris or New York, mainstream media would run 24/7 coverage. But thousands of Christian corpses in Africa? Crickets.

Christians in Nigeria trusting God, digital art (Shutterstock)

One Congressman Has Had Enough

Thank God for men like Rep. Marlin Stutzman and Sen. Ted Cruz, who are doing more than lighting candles. They’re lighting fires.

They introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act, a bill that would put real heat on Nigerian officials who enable or carry out persecution. Sanctions. Targeted punishments. International pressure. That’s what’s needed - not hashtags and “thoughts and prayers”.

“It is the responsibility of the United States to protect religious freedom worldwide,” said Stutzman. “Implementing Sharia law and condoning the murder of innocent people is barbaric.”

He’s right. Barbaric is the right word.

Senator Cruz didn’t mince words either. “It is long past time to impose real costs on the Nigerian officials who facilitate these activities.”

These aren’t empty slogans, these are bold steps toward justice. The bill would officially designate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” and keep jihadist groups on America’s official terror watch list. That’s not symbolism. That’s action.

But Where Are the Churches?

Here’s a question for every megachurch pastor in America with a $20 million budget and laser lights during worship: Why aren’t you talking about this?

Why are Christians in the West so quiet when our brothers and sisters are literally being murdered for the faith we claim to share?

"Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body." written in the New Testament.

That’s a command. And yet we treat the Nigerian Church like a charity case, not as our own flesh and blood. You want to know why Christian persecution is growing? Because silence signals permission.

Map of Nigeria, Shutterstock

This is a test of the world's integrity. If it screams about “Islamophobia” every time someone criticizes Sharia, but we don’t scream when Christians are beheaded in their homes, then the world has lost its moral compass.

Each of us needs to demands our leaders around the world to take action. We should be supporting bills like Stutzman and Cruz's. This isn’t just an African problem. It’s a humanity problem.

As Isaiah 1:17 says:"Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause."

The Nigerian Church is not dying. It is standing. But it should not have to stand alone.

History will ask where we stood when the Cross was under attack in Nigeria. God already knows. What will you say?