Category: Pray for WAAST

This week pray for NIGERIA More than 214 million people live in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. Roughly half follow Islam, mainly in the north, and the others identify as Christians (25% evangelical), generally in the south—and all are influenced by traditional animism. The spiritual battle between the Cross...

This week pray for EQUATORIAL GUINEA (EG) The Central African nation of Equatorial Guinea consists of a small mainland section and two islands in the Gulf of Guinea. EG gained independence from Spain in 1968, and most people still speak Spanish as well as their tribal language. The exploitation...

This week pray for NIGER This desert land is located in Africa’s Sahel region, which has become the world’s epicenter of Islamic terrorism. Most of Niger’s 23 million people follow a moderate form of Islam, but extremists are working to radicalize and recruit young people. The government does permit...

This week pray for THE NEW SESSION & NEW STUDENTS Lugging their bags and backpacks, students are arriving on the WAAST campus and settling in for the next nine weeks. Most will take six courses, beginning on Monday. Third-year English-speaking students will stay until mid-June to make up courses...

This week pray for MALI The people and the Church in Mali need our prayers! Elections were to be held this coming week to restore a civilian government after 18 months of military rule. However, the ruling junta has postponed these until December 2025. In response, other West African...

This week pray for LIBERIA In January two WAAST graduates were among those elected to lead the Assemblies of God, Liberia, as general superintendent and general secretary. Church planting is a major emphasis, as the AGL is working to double the number of churches and preaching points over the...

This week pray for GUINEA-CONAKRY Last September, Guinea suffered a coup d’état and came under military rule. Thank God, the work of the Church continues! Despite many challenges in this 90% Muslim nation, the Assemblies of God of Guinea is mobilizing its 213+ churches to plant others. Thirty-six new...

This week pray for CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Some 85% of the people in the Republic of Congo consider themselves Christians, but traditional religious beliefs still have a great influence in the lives and practices of many. Some evangelical and “revival” churches preach an unbalanced “prosperity gospel” and other false doctrines. The...

This week pray for CHAD Terrorism, disease, COVID-19 restrictions, lack of education, and political instability have kept most of Chad’s 17.4 million people in economic poverty. Islam, followed by more than half the population, and animism, often mixed with Christian beliefs, keep most people in spiritual poverty. The Assemblies...

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR) This past July the first graduating class of the CAR Assemblies of God’s Bible institute—36 men and women—received their diplomas and are now involved in evangelism and church-planting projects. A new class of 23 is currently in session. The AG and other Pentecostal/Evangelical churches in...