US Missionary Freed After 9 Months Captivity in Niger

August 18, 2026 · 1 min read

Kidnappers released Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot held hostage for nine months in Niger, last Friday, according to his missions agency, Serving in Missions (SIM). Throughout Rideout’s captivity, Ishaku Izang, a fellow SIM missionary in Niger, gathered on Zoom every Wednesday night with at least 30 other missionaries around the world to read the Read more...

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Radu Rusu

Thank God they released Kevin Rideout. I remembered how every Wednesday night on Zoom at least 30 missionaries gathered with Ishaku Izang to read the scriptures. What verse helped them the most during all those months?

Olivia Campbell

That Zoom prayer group every Wednesday sounds like it really carried them through. Nine months is a long time to hold onto hope. I wonder which Psalm they kept coming back to.

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