16 September 2026
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray with all widows who need divine strength to walk forward and for provision for their families to have unexpected manna.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray with all widows who need divine strength to walk forward and for provision for their families to have unexpected manna.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Ask God to strengthen the widows in Asabe’s widows’ group. “God selected us [to be widows], and He knows how He will take care of us,” she says.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Asabe* has a message for you. Through your prayers and support, she received vital trauma care after her husband and three sons were martyred. “I thank you for all you are doing for the Gospel,” she says.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Deborah*’s husband was killed in the same attack (25 women were widowed that day). “Pray for God to give me strength,” she asks. “Pray that I will follow Jesus ‘till my last days.”
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray with Nathalie* whose husband was killed in an extremist attack on her village in Burkina Faso: “Pray for me to be able to provide for my kids,” she asks.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray for communities attacked for their faith, especially women who are now widows and their children. Pray that God keeps their faith alive.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray for strength with the family of Nigerian Pastor Gbenga Sanny. He was kidnapped from his home in Ondo State’s Ilu-Abo community. His family escaped, but his children witnessed their father’s abduction.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Mali is still reeling from coordinated attacks by jihadist militants linked to Al-Qaeda. Pray with one church leader: “Pray so we can be resilient, faithful and lights in this dark situation.”
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray with believers in sub-Saharan Africa who continue to ask us to pray that their faith and testimony amidst persecution would be a light for Christ.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Pray urgently with Nigerian believers still reeling from the abductions of 40-plus children. Pray that God would protect and care for these vulnerable ones in captivity.