WAAST Prayer Guide – March 14, 2021
NIGERIA Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, with 206 million people and more than 500 indigenous people groups. Since the 1940s, the Assemblies of God Nigeria has been planting churches, training and sending workers to pastor and evangelize, and using print and later radio, TV, and social media to...
WAAST Prayer Guide – March 7, 2021
LIBERIA During the period of COVID-19 lockdown, many AG and other churches were able to use smartphones and social media to “meet” and stay connected. Churches resumed in-person services in May, and despite restrictions some evangelistic campaigns and conferences took place and church-planting efforts continued. One WAAST alumnus started...
WAAST Prayer Guide – February 28, 2021
THE NEW SESSION & NEW STUDENTS Students are arriving on campus and begin the nine-week session on Monday. About 100 are expected, with another 15 or so arriving later in the session. Due to continuing COVID-related restrictions and economic challenges, some from other nations are not able to come....
WAAST Prayer Guide – February 21, 2021
GUINEA-CONAKRY The Assemblies of God of Guinea has continued to establish new works and now counts 210 churches, up from 140. When they were closed due to the pandemic, churches organized house fellowships, and some broadcast services on social media. In a recent revival seminar, pastors and layworkers came...
WAAST Prayer Guide – February 14, 2021
EQUATORIAL GUINEA (EG) Africa’s only Spanish-speaking nation, EG gained independence from Spain in 1968. The Assemblies of God began work here about 20 years later and has grown to more than 9,000 adherents in a challenging religious context. Most Equatoguineans are nominal Roman Catholics but still hold to traditional...
WAAST Prayer Guide – February 7, 2021
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Most people in this central African nation consider themselves Christians, but relatively few have a true relationship with Jesus. False doctrine, prosperity teachings, and traditional religious beliefs lead many to distort the pure truth of the gospel. COVID-19 restrictions have greatly hampered church activities, especially those of Pentecostal...
WAAST Prayer Guide – January 31, 2021
CHAD Poverty, the ongoing terrorist threat, disease, and lack of education—some or all of these affect the majority of the 17 million people in this large Sahelian nation. Nearly 80 of of its 130+ people groups are still unreached by the gospel. Most of these groups follow their traditional...
WAAST Prayer Guide – January 24, 2021
Central African Republic This desert country just observed 60 years of independence from France—but most people find little to celebrate. Unrest due to multiple Muslim and (cultural) Christian rebel groups, displacement, lack of resources and land to farm, continue to affect the lives of millions. Most Central Africans identify...
WAAST Prayer Guide – January 17, 2021
Benin Nearly 100 church leaders from Benin have graduated from WAAST over the years, including the current general superintendent. Some graduates direct and teach in the two Assemblies of God Bible schools and in lay-training programs, preparing more pastors for the 1,700+ churches and annexes around the country. Due...
WAAST Prayer Guide – January 10, 2021
Angola Angola’s people have been influenced by Roman Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, and prosperity churches. For 40 years they lived under Marxist rule. Over the years, many people outwardly adopted one or another of these belief systems, yet firmly adhered to their traditional worship of ancestors and nature spirits, a...