Category: Pray for WAAST

EVANGELISTS You can find them preaching with a megaphone in open-air markets, riding motorcycles on bush paths to reach far-flung villages, showing a film on a makeshift screen in empty lots in towns and cities—even atop a van dubbed “the moving pulpit.” Some WAAST students and alumni have a...

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This week pray for PASTORS AND CHURCH PLANTERS The majority of WAAST students and alumni are in pastoral ministry. Their contexts and congregations vary widely, from small villages to large cities, from a few dozen people to a few thousand, in areas where the gospel message is embraced to...

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NATIONAL AND DISTRICT CHURCH LEADERS In nine countries of West Africa, the national Assemblies of God is led by a WAAST alumnus. Many alumni serve on the AG Executive Committees in both West and Central African nations. Still more serve as district/regional church leaders, overseeing dozens or even hundreds...

STUDENTS’ FAMILIES & FINANCES Most first- and second-year students have completed this year’s courses and returned to their families and ministries. Those in the third year are here for seven more weeks, completing their thesis projects and final courses. Meanwhile, their families and churches at home carry on. Many...

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THE CHALLENGE OF POLITICS What is the role of the Christian in secular politics? Should one seek office, hoping to be a change agent and witness in this influential sphere? Should a church or denomination campaign for a favored candidate? These challenging questions are the subject of much debate....

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...

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....