Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has condemned the rising wave of killings and kidnappings in Nigeria, calling for a seven-day nationwide prayer for divine intervention.
Speaking at the 4th Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service on November 23, 2025, he said: “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.”
He denounced perpetrators of attacks on worshippers and communities, pronouncing a curse on them. “Five people were shot dead in a church last week. Thirty-five abductees can’t tell where they are. Every perpetrator of these killings and their sponsors come under a curse today,” Oyedepo said.
The cleric also called on Christians to join in intensive prayer starting at midnight, urging them to anoint their homes and workplaces as “no-go areas” for evil. “Everyone of you, anoint your houses, anoint your business places…let’s come away to our spiritual responsibility and break the arm of the devil from tormenting the lives of the innocent,” he added.
