Christian genocide: Bishop Oyedepo orders 7-day midnight prayers

 The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has called on church members across the globe to participate in a seven-day midnight prayer chain aimed at what he described as the “rescue of the soul of Nigeria,” in response to escalating attacks and worsening insecurity in the country.

During the 4th Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service on November 23, 2025, Oyedepo expressed deep concern over repeated assaults on worshippers and communities. He described the ongoing violence as “unacceptable” and “a direct assault on innocent lives.”

Speaking to congregants, the cleric reassured them of the church’s divine protection, stating: “The Church of Christ in Nigeria is indestructible.

The gates of hell cannot prevail against it. Nigeria will never become an Islamic state. Never, never, never. The battle is raging. The Islamic jihadists are running. But we belong to a higher realm of authority.”

Oyedepo condemned both the attackers and those he claimed were sponsoring the violence, invoking curses upon them.

“Five people were shot dead in a church last week. Thirty-five abductees can’t tell where they are. And they are demanding a hundred million from a village setting. Every perpetrator of these killings and their sponsors come under a curse today,” he said.

The bishop lamented that kidnappings have become a thriving business, with criminals extorting massive sums from vulnerable communities.

To counter the threat, he called on all members of the Living Faith Church and Christians across Nigeria to join the midnight prayer chain for seven consecutive days, describing it as a spiritual intervention against the forces behind the insecurity.

“When this church prays, God hears. All who are baptised in the Holy Ghost will join me in praying extensively in the spirit. By so doing, we are sending angels on a run. There will be catastrophes.

“There will be catastrophes. There shall be catastrophes. In the camp of the wicked, there shall be catastrophes,” he said.

He also instructed members to anoint their homes and workplaces, turning them into spiritual “no-go areas” for attackers and kidnappers.

“Everyone of you, anoint your houses, anoint your business places, and sprinkle the blood as a no-go area for every day. Today, human trade has become a big-time business. It’s worse than the scourge of slavery.

“You pick someone and say you should bring N700 million. My God, who are you? Everyone behind it, in the name of the Lord Jesus, within the next seven days, they are smelling.

“They are stinking. It’s done. Let’s come away to our spiritual responsibility. And break the arm of the devil from tormenting the lives of the innocent,” he declared.

Vowing that attacks on the church would no longer go unanswered, Oyedepo announced a spiritual “operation” would begin at midnight.

“I’m asking every living winner, no matter how much anointing you have for sleep, that anointing is broken. Amen. Amen. Amen. As the Lord lives, who sent me as one of the watchmen over this nation. This shall not continue.

“12 midnight tonight, the operation begins. Satan is in trouble. Its agents and it is arrayed, in the name of Jesus. Any member of this church touched, equals fire and brimstone, in the camp of the enemy. I’m saying so by the Holy Ghost. Go and try it,” he warned.