In the wake of what seems to be one of the horrifying things to have happened in Burkina Faso, a pastor and five others have been shot dead for refusing to denounce Jesus.
It occurred shortly after church service when an ordinary Sunday suddenly turned deadly and a church building where worshippers had just gathered became a crime scene.
Killed for following Jesus
At about 1 pm, while Pastor Pierre was still talking with several congregants in the churchyard, a dozen men on motorbikes stormed the area.
According to a local leader who wished to remain anonymous told World Watch Monitor: “The assailants asked the Christians to convert to Islam, but the pastor and the others refused.”
Reportedly, the attackers gathered Pastor Pierre and the five other congregants under a tree and then confiscated their Bibles and cell phones.
“Then they called them, one after the other, behind the church building where they shot them dead,” the leader said.
In addition to Pastor Pierre, the attackers killed his son, Wend-Kuni, and his brother-in-law (a church deacon), Zoéyandé Sawadogo, as well as believers Sayouba and Arouna Sawadogo, and a primary school teacher, Elie Boena. Another was seriously injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
May their souls rest in peace.
