Prayer
Pray for: Nigerian Christians Join Attempts to Deradicalize Terrorists
About the dispatch
Christianity Today·August 3, 2026
On a spring night in the mid-1990s, a teenage Ibrahim Alhassan awoke to a voice calling for Christians to step out of their dormitory rooms at Sani Dingyadi Unity Secondary School in Sokoto state, northwest Nigeria.
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God of Reconciliation, we lift up the efforts in Nigeria where believers are joining hands in attempts to deradicalize those once caught in the grip of terror. You are the One who brings light to the darkness; shine Your truth into hearts and minds clouded by extremism. Let Your love dismantle hatred and transform lives bound by violence. Strengthen the Nigerian Christians who labor in this work, and grant them wisdom and courage. Reveal Jesus to those who oppose Him, that even the fiercest hearts may turn to follow the Prince of Peace. May Your glory be known in Nigeria as lives are changed and communities restored. In the name of Jesus, our Redeemer, Amen.
Anchored in
Colossians 1:13
also: 2 Corinthians 5:19, Ephesians 2:14