The United Nations voiced concern for Mozambicans at a press briefing in Geneva this week. Tanzania is sending refugees from northern Mozambique back into danger. Witnesses say at least 1,500 people were returned this month; many of them women and young children.

Christians in northern Mozambique face the most danger. Terrorists allegedly supported by the Islamic State have turned the region into a warzone. Attacks forced more than 700,000 people to flee in recent months. Although Mozambique is primarily a Christian country, Cabo Delgado, which is in the north, is predominantly Muslim.

Some believers lost everything when terrorists pillaged their village. Christians are often caught in the crossfire and very often suffer the brunt of these attacks. Tens of thousands of people are being displaced, fleeing. Some are hiding in mangroves. But of course, as they hide, they don’t have access to food and water. Ask the Lord to help His followers in Mozambique. Pray that the Church would not shrink away from what it’s called to do. Believers are called to love their neighbors and be salt and light.

In the warzone, meeting is very difficult and risky, but we do find opportunity within the refugee camps to bring Bibles and share the Gospel. Pray for stability and peace. It seems that the government has no political will or ability to quell the insurgencies.

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