• Pray for India South Western Territory

Each week throughout 2025, Salvationists around the world are uniting in prayer for a particular territory or region of The Salvation Army.

The focus territory/region shares prayer requests to help us pray with precision and power for one another.

This week (8-14 September), we are praying for the India South Western Territory.

Colonels John William and Ratna Sundari Polimetla lead the territory.

The India South Western Territory has 598 officers (258 active, 340 retired); Aux-Capts 12; Envoys 13; employees 91; corps 318; outposts and societies 12; senior soldiers 27,448; adherents 3979; junior soldiers 1876.

The work of the territory includes:

• Hospitals and health centres

• Education

• Youth work

• Modern slavery and human trafficking response.

Please pray for:

·   Courageous discipleship:  Pray that Salvationists across the UK and Ireland will live boldly for Christ, reflecting his love in their communities. We thank God for evidence of his Spirit empowering Salvationist disciples to step up and stand out in many different ways resulting in deeper personal faith and unbelievers exploring Christian spirituality.

·   Prophetic voice:  Pray for the Army’s voice to be heard in government, media, and public discourse, always rooted in Christ’s compassion.

·   The most marginalised, most excluded: Ask God to help us to continue to be a place of radical welcome, inclusion, and transformation.

·   Children and youth:  Pray for the young people in our corps - that they continue to encounter Jesus and grow in their faith. Ask God to raise up passionate youth leaders and provide the resources needed for vibrant, thriving children’s ministries. We thank God for the numerous young people who have attended summer camps over the summer months and for the committed staff. We pray that God will have strengthened their faith, and they will continue to grow in their discipleship.

·  Growing leaders: Pray for the development of spiritually mature, servant-hearted leaders across all levels of the Army. We thank God for 12 cadets entering officer training this year and pray that others will continue to respond to God’s call to whatever he is calling them to.

To read more about The Salvation Army in India South Western, click here.

To download the 2025 International Prayer Focus schedule, click here.

To find out more about The Salvation Army’s prayer focus, click here.