• Pray for Sri Lanka Territory

Each week through 2026, Salvationists around the world are uniting in prayer for the same territory or region of The Salvation Army. Prayer requests are shared by the territory/region to help us pray with precision and power for one another.

This week (23 February-1 March) we pray for the Sri Lanka Territory.

Did you know that The Salvation Army in Sri Lanka is active in safe water, mango cultivation and bee keeping projects as part of the development of livelihood schemes?

This territory has 134 officers (79 active, 55 retired); 22 cadets; 47 corps; 24 outposts; 4775 senior soldiers; 1127 adherents; 899 junior soldiers; 77 employees.

Colonels Colonel Nihal and Rohini Hettiarachchi lead the Sri Lanka Territory.

The work of the territory includes:

·  Emergency support

·  Social enterprise

·  Community development

·  Modern slavery and human trafficking response.

Pray for Sri Lanka

Almost the entire country has been badly affected by the impact of Cyclone Ditwah. Severe flooding and landslides across the island have washed away hundreds of innocent lives. Many are still buried under mud, huge rocks, and rubble.

·       Pray for travel (road and rail), communication services, electricity, and water supplies which have been disrupted across almost the entire island.

·       Pray for the number of displaced people totalling to over one million. 

·       For the Sri Lankan government and the many individuals including local organisations and The Salvation Army Sri Lanka Territory, who are doing their best to support the restoration work. 

·       Many countries have responded with rescue workers, reconstruction experts, sniffer dogs, medicines, and many other items to be distributed among displaced people and people housed in temples, churches and other safe houses identified by the government.

·       Pray for the Sri Lankan government – for wisdom, guidance and safety of the President, Prime Minister, and other members of the governing party and the opposition.

·       Pray for the territorial leadership – the Territorial Leaders, Colonels Nihal and Rohini Hettiarachchi; the Chief Secretary and the TSWM, Lt-Colonels Prakash and Annamani Boddu.

·       Pray for officers and their families who have received Marching Orders from end of December 2025. Pray for their children who must find schools in the new areas their parents will continue to serve.

·       Pray for newly commissioned cadets (six lieutenants) and their new appointments.

·       Pray for the spiritual development of officers and soldiers.

·       Pray for the Sri Lanka territory as it celebrated its 143rd Anniversary on 26 January 2026.

·       Pray for the eight new candidates who will join the next training session in April 2026.

·       Pray for the Sunday school and youth activities in corps around the country.

·       Pray for the new mission points and those in charge – that they may be given the wisdom and boldness needed to reach lost souls and bring them to God.

·       For the financial stability of the territory – that wisdom and guidance may be given to overcome the challenges ahead.

·       Pray for all children and elders under the care of The Salvation Army, and also for the administrators who are working 24/7.

·       Pray for all officers of the Sri Lanka Territory who have received overseas appointments.

·       Pray for expat officers from other nations serving in Sri Lanka in various appointments, and for the families they have left behind.

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Find out more about the Sri Lanka Territory here.

Find out more about The Salvation Army’s prayer focus here.

Download the 2026 prayer schedule here.