Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide and senior pastor of Faith Tabernacle, has decried Nigeria’s escalating wave of killings and insecurity, calling for a seven-day national prayer for divine intervention.
Speaking during the 4th Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service on November 23, 2025, Oyedepo voiced serious worry about ongoing attacks on worshippers and communities.
He referred to the escalating violence as “unacceptable” and “a direct assault on innocent lives.”
Speaking to the congregation, 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.
The cleric condemned the attackers and those he accused of supporting the violence and cursed 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 comes under a curse today.”
He criticized the growth in kidnappings, which he described as “big-time business,” with criminals demanding exorbitant ransoms from impoverished communities.
Oyedepo invited church members and Christians everywhere to join in seven days of intense prayer beginning at midnight, calling it a spiritual response to the growing insecurity.
“When this church prays, God hears. All who are baptized 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 also told congregants to anoint their homes and workplaces as “no-go areas” and to accept spiritual responsibility for the safety of their families and communities.
“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 700 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.
Oyedepo pledged that attacks on church members would not go unpunished, launching a spiritual operation at midnight.
“I’m telling 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.
“At 12 midnight tonight, the operation begins. Satan is in trouble. Its agents are 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.”
