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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared a one-day countrywide prayer to deal with what it describes as the “ongoing Christian genocide in the country ..”
The decision followed resolutions reached throughout the association’s 4th Quarter National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, hung on November 18, 2025, in Jos, Plateau State.
The statement became conveyed in an legitimate circular dated November 20, 2025, signed by using CAN’s General Secretary, Apostle Prof. Samson Fatokun, and issued from the affiliation’s National Headquarters on the National Christian Centre, Abuja.
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The message changed into addressed to CAN bloc leaders, zonal and country chairmen, heads of denominations, and resident pastors national.
According to the round, the directive got here from the CAN President, Archbishop (Dr.) Daniel Okoh, following deliberations on the Jos assembly.
CAN introduced that the prayer session will preserve on Sunday, December 7, 2025, and could be discovered simultaneously in all churches and Christian denominations across the country.
The Christian apex frame mentioned key prayer points focused on countrywide protection, restoration, and divine intervention.
The prayer factors consist of an cease to the alleged Christian genocide and targeted killings and resettlement of displaced Christians back to their ancestral communities.
Others are divine halt to activities of terrorists, kidnappers, and bandits, expertise for government officers to deal with lack of confidence and restoration of peace and stability in the course of Nigeria.
The prayer will draw from biblical passages in 2 Chronicles 7:14 and Esther 4:15–sixteen, scriptures that emphasise countrywide repentance, intercession, and divine rescue.
CAN referred to as on church leaders and pastors to take the nationwide observance severely, stressing the religious weight of the instant.
“Kindly make sure that this prayer is curious about all fervency. We strongly believe that our God will rise in power as He did in Esther’s time,” Fatokun wrote.
The statement comes amid rising issues over attacks on Christian groups throughout numerous regions of the country., with CAN insisting that unified non secular action is urgently needed to confront the escalating lack of confidence.
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