70 Christians Beheaded Let's Pray for Congo!

March 1, 2025

Hello, brothers, sisters, and Heartdwellers family. I want to bring to your attention some devastating news that happened last week in Congo. It’s so sad because the national news is silent about this. My sister told me about the news a few days ago and today in prayer it popped into my mind, so I decided to look up what happened. Upon seeing the photos of the village and reading the article all I could do was cry. It was like I saw a flash vision of what took place. As the article reads, the majority of the Christians who were killed were women, children, and the elderly.

My God so much is going on in Congo, so much death, and because it's Africa because it's Congo that has had ongoing civil war for so long it's not reported. I felt the Lord's heartache as Isis, or ADF which is an Islamic rebel group, took full credit for what took place.    Any Islamic terror group to me is all the same but we also need to pray for them. I remember Blessed Mother gave the word a while back for us to pray a Rosary for Abubakar Shekau who is the leading commander in Boko Haram and has killed hundreds in Nigeria ─ Christians. We have to pray for his salvation; that he would join the Lord's army. I stopped praying for that intention long ago and will begin to pray again today.

Here is the news article. Please pray for the nation of Congo, pray for the survivors of the family members, the village, and the churches in Congo; pray that they wouldn't fear. As Mother Clare said, heaven is very near, and let's pray for our enemies for their salvation; for a Saul to Paul conversion, in Jesus's name.

This article is from Open Doors:

On February 13, 2025, militants rounded up 70 Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), took them to a church, and then killed all 70 of them. 

Open Doors field sources say the violence began at about 4 a.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2025, as militants captured and tied up some 20 Christians in the community of Mayba. The militants are suspected to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group with ties to the Islamic State group. "

Militants went door by door saying, 'Get out, get out, and don't make any noise,'" says an elder in another town about 40 km from Mayba. "Twenty Christian men and women came out, and they tied them up for an unknown destination." Mayba is predominantly Christian and is located in the North Kivu province in eastern DRC, which has also been home to fierce fighting as another rebel group has taken over the territory. 

After the 20 were taken, the rest of the village was agitated and began to try to figure out how to free the people who had been abducted. They gathered together to develop a plan, but by the time they met, militants had surrounded their village. Open Doors sources report that the extremists captured about 50 other Christians and tied them up. All 70 captives were taken to a Protestant Church in Kasanga where they were killed inside with machetes or hammers. 

Field sources say that even several days after the attack, some families had not been able to bury their dead because of the insecurity in the region. Many Christians have fled the area to somewhere deemed safer. "We don't know what to do or how to pray; we've had enough of massacres," said an elder in a nearby church.

"May God's will alone be done." "Open Doors strongly condemns this heinous act of violence against civilians and calls on civil societies, governments, and international organizations to prioritize civilian protection in eastern DRC where armed groups such as the ADF are operating," says John Samuel”, Open Doors' legal expert for our work in sub-Saharan Africa.

"The violence takes place in a context of impunity, where almost no one is held accountable. This massacre is a clear indicator of widespread human rights violations against civilians and vulnerable communities, often targeting Christians, perpetrated by ADF, an ISIS affiliate. "We further call on the international Christian community to remain in prayer for Christians and vulnerable communities in eastern DRC," Samuel continues.

"Pray for an end to violence and that government at all levels will diligently, impartially, and transparently address the violence and its effects. Pray for the church in the Lubero territory as she seeks to bring physical and spiritual assistance to the families affected." 

This is one of the deadliest attacks in the Lubero territory since the ADF started attacks there recently. ADF fighters have killed more than 200 people in this part of the DRC, according to a local news website. The ADF has long carried out brutal attacks in North Kivu province.

Thousands of Christians have been displaced multiple times or killed, houses have been looted and burned down, schools have been relocated, churches and health facilities have been forced to close, and several Christian villages have been abandoned because of the violence. 

These are the prayer points from Open Doors.

Pray with believers in the DRC:

• Pray that God will comfort those who have lost loved ones and possessions. 

• Pray that God will strengthen the faith of Christians living in areas threatened by the ADF. 

• Pray for insecurity in the east of the DRC, that the Lord's intervention will stop the attacks and calm the situation. 

• And pray for the ADF, that the Lord will bring them to repentance and into a relationship with Him. If they harden their hearts towards God, pray that He will confuse their plans. 

• Amen, in Jesus’ Name.

  
  

So family, please take this into your heart. Take the brethren who have passed away, those who are still being persecuted, the villages, and this nation into your heart. I encourage those who are not priests, to please do a simple communion service for the intention of those who have lost their souls, these martyrs ─ beautiful martyrs. You know that the Word of God says, or we know that the says goes, that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

So we know that whatever the enemy has intended for evil, God is going to turn it around for good. And rather, may this village, may this Province, may this nation actually bloom with revival because there is so much bloodshed that has taken place in Congo besides these Christians dying. So much fighting and killing of children, especially for the minerals there and for the mining that is taking place. So please, family, please take this into your heart deeply, and let’s stand with the Lord in prayer for what He desires to do there and pray for the salvation of our enemies.

God bless you until the nest message.