Neighbors

Neighbors from Nathan Clarke on Vimeo.

Nathan Clarke:

In January of 2010, the city of Jos, Nigeria was engulfed in another
round of religious violence. Muslims burnt churches and killed
Christians while Christians retaliated by burning mosques and Muslim
businesses. This was one in a long series of conflicts between the two
major religious communities in Jos.

Christianity Today has just released a new documentary short,
"Neighbors," shot on location in Jos. We examined what happens when
segments of a community oppose one another in a standoff that appears
to have no solution. This is a story that is being written not just in
Jos, but throughout the world, where historical differences of tribe,
race and religion lead to violent conflicts.

I hope this film prompts Christians to ask how we should respond to
entrenched situations like these, and especially how we can support
our brothers and sisters in Christ in situations where they feel
deeply under threat, while at the same time we do justice to the
claims of our neighbors.

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