• Pray for the Nigeria 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 (1-7 December), we pray for the Nigeria Territory.

The Nigeria Territory has 535 officers (386 active, 149 retired); 208 envoys; 33 cadets; 214 corps; 159 outposts; 23,831 senior soldiers; 2163 adherents; 9120 junior soldiers; 666 employees.

 The work of the territory includes:

·  Education (57 schools)

·  Emergency relief (1600 people assisted in 2024)

·  Health services

·  Modern slavery and human trafficking response

 Colonels Friday and Glory Ayanam lead the territory. They have shared the following points to guide us as we pray:

Praise points:

Join us to thank and praise God for the successful hosting of the following this year:

·      Territorial Men’s Fellowship congress in February.

·      Territorial Youth leaders and DYO’s workshop in March.

·      Territorial Prayer Conference in June.

·      The women’s ministries participated in West Africa Women Congress at Ghana in April.

·      Officer’s Council that was conducted in all the five zones of the territory between May and October.

·      The Territorial Evangelical Outreach that took place between March and October.

·      Territorial Holiness and Prayer Convention (Fire Conference) that was held in the five zones of the territory in August and October.

·      Successful Commissioning/ Ordination and appointment of the Champions of Mission on 24 August.

Prayer Requests:

·      Pray for the Keepers of the Covenant Session who have been in their field appointment since September, that God will use them to establish righteousness in the community where they are sent.

·      As we are in the harvest season, pray that God will give our corps, societies and outposts a bountiful harvest so that they can smash their assessment for the year.

·      The territory has been embarking on plotting a new Territorial Strategic Plan and setting goals from 2026–2030. Pray for divine direction upon the territorial leaders, and the compliance of the soldiers to achieve the set goals within the set period.

·      Pray for divine protection and journey mercies upon our territorial leaders as they continue in their familiarisation tours within the territory.

·      Pray for the good health of both retired and active officers.

·      Pray that God will help the Officer’s Training College to overcome its financial challenges.

·      The efforts of The Salvation Army in the northern part of Nigeria, where insurgency is prevalent, will never be in vain. God has answered the prayer of raising indigenous Salvationists in the northern part of the territory. Fifteen of them from Jebbu-Miango Outpost were sworn in as soldiers by the Territorial Commander in October. Pray that the number will continue to increase from different parts of the northern zone of the territory.

·      Pray for our nation Nigeria; for security of lives and properties.

To find out more about the Nigeria Territory, click here.

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

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