"To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees." - Billy Graham
THE NATION NIGERIA
Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. Their rich diversity is represented in over 500 people groups. Mangroves in the south, grasslands in the north, and wetlands along the coast emphasize this diversity geographically. Northern Nigeria is largely Muslim, feudalist, and impoverished with over 80% of the nation’s poor. Southern Nigeria is more developed and majority Christian. Deep ethnic and religious divisions threaten the nation as a whole.
Nigeria is home to a large majority of West Africa’s Evangelicals and Africa’s largest church by membership, with roughly 65,000 weekly attendees. The Nigerian Church has sent several Christian missionaries out! But with the nation’s north-south divide, believers in the Muslim-majority north have suffered decades of persecution. Even so, Muslims are being drawn to Jesus and the Church has experienced growth. Yet, some places in Nigeria have seen such fast Church growth, but the new believers lack proper discipleship and spiritual guidance.
Population – about 228 million
Population in unreached people’s group - 31%
Major people groups - Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Toroobe Fulani, Yerwa Kanuri (Beriberi).
Religions - Christian, Muslim and Traditional Worship
Capital city - Abuja
PRAYER FOR NIGERIA
➢ Thank God for His hand on the nation, and for the help received thus far, despite the dwindling economy.
➢ Ask the Lord to have mercy upon the Nation; that his face will shine upon Nigeria for good and that he will heal the Land. 2 Chron. 7:14
➢ Pray that God will transform terrorists into disciples of Jesus.
➢ Pray for persecuted believers to courageously represent Christ in the face of suffering.
➢ Pray for biblical truth to demolish division and syncretism in the church.