{"id":2616,"date":"2021-01-14T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2021\/01\/14\/from-the-barracks-to-the-kingdom-of-god-the-story-of-a-nigerian-soldier\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:02:23","slug":"from-the-barracks-to-the-kingdom-of-god-the-story-of-a-nigerian-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/from-the-barracks-to-the-kingdom-of-god-the-story-of-a-nigerian-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Barracks to the Kingdom of God: The Story of a Nigerian Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IsmailSundayIbrahim.jpg?resize=800%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IsmailSundayIbrahim.jpg 800w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IsmailSundayIbrahim-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IsmailSundayIbrahim-768x396.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><br><i> \u201cAnd you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.\u201d <\/i> &#8211; Romans 1:6 (NIV) <p> The gospel is truly for everyone who believes irrespective of race, color, tribe or religious background. <\/p><p> Ismail Ibrahim was first introduced to the church in September of 2020 by a sister, Blessing Iliya, from the Yola Seed Fellowship. She met him many years ago and is currently based in Jos. <\/p><p> Ismail is a military officer serving at Nasme Barracks in Benue State. His father was also a retired military officer. Ismail is from a Muslim background, yet against all odds, he was willing to study the Bible to become a disciple of Jesus Christ. <\/p><p> Being from a Muslim background, the study about the personality of Jesus as the Son of God was fascinating to him. He was moved by the power of the cross of Jesus and the gift of salvation through faith and obedience in Christ Jesus Lord in baptism. <\/p><p> In spite of the possible persecution his decision to follow Christ could bring, he was ready to take that leap of faith in Christ. <\/p><p> The Bible study was led by our brothers Tunde Omiwole and Habibu Adams, and Ismail counted the cost online with our dear brother, Mohammed Umar (Sgt.) from the Lagos Church. <\/p><p> Ismail confessed that Jesus is Lord and got baptized into God\u2019s Kingdom. His plan is to make Christ known to as many as possible and to keep growing in his newly found faith. <\/p><p><i> Shared from <a href=\"http:\/\/icocnigeria.org\/2021\/01\/06\/from-the-barracks-to-the-kingdom-of-god-the-conversion-story-of-ismail-sunday-ibrahim-a-soldier-in-the-nigerian-army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOC Nigeria<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gospel is truly for everyone who believes irrespective of race, color, tribe or religious background. Ismail, a military officer&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":2617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[51],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-2616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonials","tag-africa"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IsmailSundayIbrahim.jpg?fit=800%2C413&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-Gc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3382,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/crossing-the-line-in-the-south-florida-church-of-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":2616,"position":0},"title":"Crossing the Line in the South Florida Church of Christ","author":"dtadmin","date":"May 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"What better place than South Florida to live out God\u2019s ultimate plan of uniting all nations, tribes, people, and languages (Revelation 5:9, 7:9) to create one global race, one global culture, and one global humanity? 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