Category: Pray with Us

WAAST Prayer Guide – September 12, 2021

11/09/2021
TRIBALISM & REGIONALISM In Revelation 7, John writes of “a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before…the Lamb” (v. 9). The Lamb, Jesus, brings together those who were once divided on earth—by ethnicity, language, religion, customs, politics, and more. On...

WAAST Prayer Guide – September 5, 2021

04/09/2021
INSTABILITY & PERSECUTION Pentecostal churches, particularly the Assemblies of God, have spread throughout West and Central Africa, especially over the past 60 years. Their history is filled with stories of opposition, persecution, and martyrdom—and of great growth and victories. Many WAAST students and alumni today still face great challenges....

WAAST Prayer Guide – August 29, 2021

28/08/2021
THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAM Islamic theology directly opposes the biblical view of a loving God who seeks a relationship with all people. Islam’s god, Allah, is demanding and distant, and Muslims are taught to seek to please him by following the teachings of the Prophet Mohammad—teachings that reject Jesus...

WAAST Prayer Guide – August 22, 2021

21/08/2021
SYNCRETISM & CULTS When a person leaves one religion to embrace another, often his former beliefs and rituals are not easily left behind. Mixing beliefs and rituals from unrelated religions is called “syncretism,” and it happens around the world. In Africa, those who turn to Jesus from voodoo and...