A Christian man in Kenya was martyred earlier this month after he participated in a debate against local Islamists which ended up leading 8 Muslims out of Islam and to Christianity.

From the Christian Post:

A Christian in eastern Uganda died on July 10 from head injuries sustained in an attack by Muslim extremists the previous week, sources said.

Robert Bwenje had accompanied Assistant Pastor Ambrose Mugisha of Elim Pentecostal Church in Nyamiringa village, Kapeke Sub-County, Kiboga District, to an open-air debate about Christianity and Islam in Sirimula village, Kyankwanzi District, on July 6.

Following the debate, eight Muslims, including two women, put their faith in Christ, said Pastor Mugisha, 25.

"This angered the Muslims, but they could not attack us because we had tight security from the police," he said.

These men are out in public contending for the faith and winning souls to Christ, which angered the Islamists local to the area. Notice that they used words, not weapons, to do so.

The Islamists would have attacked right away if police weren't around, but that didn't prevent the angry men from carrying out their revenge later.

As the assistant pastor and Bwenje returned, Muslims from Sirimula village ambushed them while they were crossing a swamp, he said.

"We saw men dressed in Islamic attire coming from the bush in different directions and shouting ‘Allah akbar, Allah akbar [Allah is greater],'" Pastor Mugisha told Morning Star News...

"They removed the Quran and then burned the rest of the books, including the Bibles, and then beat us with sticks," Pastor Mugisha said. "I was able to identify Ashirafu Kasamba who cut me on the head. I then jumped into the water and managed to swim and cross to the other side."

The Christian pastor and his friend were ambushed and beaten, all because they dared to share the Gospel with their Muslim countrymen.

Islam teaches that apostates who renounce their faith should be killed.

Passersby found him bleeding and rescued him, he said. The assailants continued assaulting Bwenje and then fled, and the passersby took both wounded Christians to a nearby clinic for first aid and then later to a hospital in Kiboga, Pastor Mugisha said.

Pastor Godfrey Ssemujju of Elim Pentecostal Church said he visited Pastor Mugisha and Bwenje in the hospital on July 10, and Bwenje died later that night at about 11 p.m. Bwenje was 28.

Please pray for these Christians in Africa who are risking life and limb to spread the good news of Jesus Christ!

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