The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church just went by, and a Christian Post column from the team at Across Nigeria asks a hard question: when the day passes, do we go back to normal and forget them until next November?
The numbers
- Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List counts 4,849 Christians killed for faith-related reasons worldwide in its latest reporting period.
- 3,490 of them were in Nigeria, nearly three-quarters of the total.
- 2,293 Christians were abducted in Nigeria in the same period.
- Across Nigeria says it has reached more than 15,000 people in Northern Nigeria this year, and estimates 500 people it led to Christ have since died because of persecution.
My take
For believers in Nigeria this isn’t an annual observance, it’s every day. So our prayer can’t be a once-a-year line item either. “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it” (1 Corinthians 12:26). I’m putting Nigeria on my daily list: for protection, for the Holy Spirit’s comfort on grieving families, for boldness for the church, and for the hearts of the attackers to be turned to Jesus. Will you join me?
God Bless, and Use the Source!
