Sinkor in Monrovia in Greater Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia — Western Africa

1990 Lutheran Church Massacre

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 6, 2025

1. 1990 Lutheran Church Massacre Marker

Inscription.

Romans Chapter 8, Verses 35 thru 39
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ. Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness or peril, or sword? As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter nay, in all these things we are more than conqueror through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”

This monument is built in honour of:
Mr. Nelson Dahkpanah Dr. Charles Ghankay Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia.

Pastor Dweh- Pastor- St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Rev. Mymah Tayee- Rev. Lutheran church
Miss Imaiyue Troko
and all those who lost their lives during the civil crisis and especially the Lutheran Church Massacre on July 29, 1990

May the souls, and the souls of all faithful departed
Rest in perfect peace and light perpetual shine on them.

Dedicated this 17th day of January, 1999
By: Mrs. Louise

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Yassaa Zoe Taylor
Erected by: The St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Her Excellency Madam Jewel Taylor
First Lady Republic

Erected 1999.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Wars, Non-US.

Location. 6° 17.514′ N, 10° 46.809′ W. Memorial is in Monrovia, Montserrado, in Greater Monrovia. It is in Sinkor. It is at the intersection of 14th Street and Tubman Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on 14th Street. Touch for map. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Africa,

West Africa,

and specifically Sub-Saharan Africa.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 26 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Joseph Jenkins Roberts (about 120 meters away); Greystone Compound Memorial (approx. 4.6 kilometers away); Crozierville Centennial (approx. 24.6 kilometers away).

Also see . . . Monrovia Church Massacre at Wikipedia. The Monrovia Church massacre, also referred to as the St. Peter's Lutheran Church massacre,

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 6, 2025

2. 1990 Lutheran Church Massacre Marker

was the worst single atrocity of the First Liberian Civil War. Approximately 600 people were killed at the church, on 14th Street, in the Sinkor district of Monrovia on 29 July 1990. The massacre was carried out by approximately 30 government soldiers loyal to President Samuel Doe. The perpetrators were of Doe's Krahn tribe while most of the victims were from the Gio and Mano tribes, which were in support of the rebels. (Submitted on August 1, 2025.)

St. Joseph's Lutheran Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 6, 2025

3. St. Joseph's Lutheran Church

Credits. This page was last revised on August 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2025, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 1, 2025, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.