With a population of 160 million, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation composed of 37 states with the capital, Abuja, where over 1 million reside. Nigeria won its independence from Britain in 1960 and is today a multiparty democracy, unfortunately it is considered one of the world’s most corrupt countries, where bribery, fraud, drug and human trafficking abound. There are over 520 ethnic groups with 521 languages spoken, English is the official language.

Nigeria is divided geographically along religious lines, with a Muslim dominated north and a majority Christian south. There are approximately 40 million evangelical Christians in Nigeria, a testimony to missions efforts in year’s past and a growing evangelical church. Christians in Nigeria suffer great persecution at the hands of Islamic militant groups like Boko Haram and the Fulani militia who are affiliated with al-Qaida. They have the goal of driving Christians from the north and central regions, making Nigeria an Islamic state governed by sharia’a law.

It’s been recently reported that every 2 hours, a Nigerian Christian is killed for following Jesus. That’s nearly 13 people per day, 372 a month and almost 5,000 a year. In 2022 more Christians were murdered for their faith in Nigerian than in any other country in the world. This makes Nigeria the most violent place on earth for Christians.

It is within this context that God has raised up a bold and courageous group of Nigerian church planting pastors that we have the honor of praying for and supporting. The majority of these church planters serve the Lord in the north. They are willing to die for the gospel. Why? Because there are millions of Nigerians who live in the least reached rural villages in the north who have no church, no Bible and who have yet to hear the gospel. They also believe that the gospel is the only message that can transform these radical groups to bring peace to their nation.

What an opportunity we have to pray for and support these courageous servants of God.

Support a Nigerian Church Planting Pastor

God is doing great things in Nigeria. The church planters in Nigeria are passionate and absolutely dedicated to reaching the unreached areas of Nigeria with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Your support of $50 a month sends one of these Nigerian pastors into full-time gospel ministry where they can focus their attention on preaching the gospel and planting churches among the unreached for the glory of God!