• Pray for Mali and Burkina Faso Region

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 (22-28 September), we are praying for the Mali and Burkina Faso Region of West Africa.

Lieut-Colonels Blaise and Evelyne Kombo lead the region.

The Mali and Burkina Faso Region has 23 officers (all active); Envoys 27; corps 8; outposts 15; senior soldiers 1334; adherents 581; junior soldiers 903; employees 8.

The Salvation Army has been working in Mali since 2007, and in Burkina Faso since 2012. Motivated by Christian faith, the Army respond to community needs with programs for street children, new mothers and small-scale farmers.

The work in the region includes:

·  Education

·  Health services

·  Work with street children

·  Climate resilient farming projects

·  Modern slavery and human trafficking response

Praise points

We thank God for the Regional Leaders, Lieut-Colonels Blaise and Evelyne Stella Kombo, and the clear vision he has given them. May God continue to guide and empower them for the advancement of his Kingdom.

We give heartfelt thanks to God for the five years of faithful and impactful service of the outgoing Regional Secretary and Regional Secretary for Women's Ministries, Captains André and Nana Togo. May God continue to use them mightily for his glory in their new roles at International Headquarters.

We praise God for the promotion of eight candidates to the rank of auxiliary captains. May the Lord fill them with his Spirit and use them to prosper his ministry wherever they serve.

Prayer requests

We pray for the incoming Regional Secretary, Captain Boaz Thera, and the new Regional Secretary for Women's Ministries, Captain Lidie Thera. May God grant them wisdom, discernment, humility and strength to lead his people according to his will.

We pray that God would open new doors of opportunity: spiritually, materially and strategically for the work of the ministry in the region. May he make a way where there seems to be no way.

Let us pray for the work being done to empower women, that it may bring lasting impact, transform lives, restore dignity, and open doors of opportunity for every woman involved.

To find out more about the Malia and Burkina Faso Region, 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.