Once Upon a Time : Tell the story of Grooke the Evangelist to a village

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Dear Steemians,

Once Upon a Time" tells the story of a persecuted missionary (Grooke) in my town”, one in which fairy-tale missionary and our peoples collide. White man (Grooke) is comfortable in his life as a professional business when he had a call to preach and propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. Immediately Grooke responded to the call of the Lord, he was sent to place called “ogbodiyan” near our town, suddenly shows up are traditional worshiper at the king palace to report a stranger that came into the town at the mid-night.

Grooke continue his journey without doubt. Few hour after Grooke got to the town and felt tired, he decided to have some rest but unfortunately the small house Grooke enter therein to relax was the town shrine. When Grooke wake up in the morning he saw many graven images felt shocked and fearful but Grooke convinced that who sent him to preach his words is capable of protect him from unknown danger.

Grooke decides to stay in that small house at the back of the town pending the time God will lead him.The Four wings of the “ogbodiyan” town, East, West, South and North is the birthplace of the four powerful traditional religions worshiper. Every country has unique faith systems, however, even in multicultural states, most faith groups live an introverted life under oppression. Not everyone has the compassion over the groups accepted as minorities in various countries as they should be. Missionary Grooke encountering inconceivable persecution, which is increasing day by day. Consequently, He was forced to flee from the small house he abode, all over the town at an accelerating hurting to take his life. 1890 was the "worst year in modern history for missionary Grooke been persecuted as a Christian.

Due to the persecution of Grooke in the ogbodiyan town he moved to next town to continue his evangelism duty, the Oba (King) of that town was seriously sick missionary Grooke was arrested and chained by the Olode (Town Guards) and took to the king but unfortunately when king saw him from the sick bed he was marvel/surprised he order them to unchained him, king talk to him but missionary Grooke was not able to understand what he was saying, when Grooke saw him he pity king condition and pray for him and immediately the king got healed. Everyone was surprised what manner of man is this who say a word and their king got well? King rise from his sick bed and order the servants to prepare him a room to stay in the palace and food. Despite language disparity king was the first person who wake Grooke from the bed, on a fairly tail day king went in the early morning to greet Grooke and missionary replied king in his native tongue king was surprised what is going on, they interact together for many hours, king was the first person to give his life to God of western religion (Jesus) and king built a small church for Grook that is how Grook evangelism began established. Challenges didn’t end there, missionary Grooke face undefined difficulties from the community, confront various challenges on a faithful night Grooke wake at the mid-night to pray and saw burning lighting afar he went near and heard peoples chant! burn! Burn!! burn!!! strange God must leave their land. They went from house to house of those who had converted to Christians threatened them and blasphemy against western religion God (Jesus). Few years later after king death, the town was in great demise, youth die untimely, diseases everywhere and there is no peace in the town again, the so called traditional religion chief performed uncountable sacrifices there was no changes, but the strange of this story is that those who stood with the missionary (converted Christians) were healthy and living fine, some who were convinced that God (Jesus) of western religion is able to help them got converted as well, that is how Christians continue to increase in number and this church was built then.

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