The Fulani are a nomadic Muslim people known for martyring and abducting thousands of Christians every year in Nigeria and other countries. In fact, last month, here at the Prayer Wall, we prayed for families mourning the murder of more than 286 Christians by Fulani herdsmen in Yelwata village, Benue state.
But, praise God, multitudes of Fulani have chosen to follow Love rather than violence, Jesus rather than Islam. In fact, within the next few weeks, about 300 Fulani Christian leaders will go through training to be missionaries.
“We’re seeing God move in very unique ways,” said Greg Kelley, CEO of Unknown Nations. “He’s saving people who come from these aggressors and using them as missionaries.”
In fact, “The most passionate and enthusiastic laborers are coming out of the three largest Muslim people groups,” he continued. “When you’ve come out of that darkness, you understand the significance of (salvation) way more than someone who came from a majority [Christian] people group.”
Seeing the violence Muslims inflict not only on Christians, but also on other Muslims, “their worldview is challenged, and they’re open to the gospel.” (Katey Hearth, Mission Network News, July 22)
The semi-nomadic Fulani herdsmen of Nigeria are divided into two main groups. The Adamawa Fulani, numbering 1,630,000 in Nigeria, are Sunni Muslims with added animistic beliefs. They live mostly in the east, bleeding over into Cameroon and Chad. The Nigerian Fulani, numbering 17,664,000 in Nigeria, are scattered across several states, as well as Cameroon. They fiercely oppose anything they see as contrary to their lifestyle of roaming with their herds, including education, literacy, permanent homes, and especially Christians and established farmers and ranchers in locations where Fulani want to graze their cattle.
Largely unstopped by the Nigerian government, Fulani gangs and militia have gained great wealth through kidnapping ransoms, which they have used to buy arms and vehicles to further their terrorist activities. But their hearts are bound to darkness.
- Pray for protection over the missionaries being trained and those already sent out. Pray God will guard them from all harm and empower them by His Spirit to share the good news with lost Fulani.
- Pray Christians abducted by Fulani will shine so brightly with His love and peace, their captors will hunger and thirst for what they see lacking in their own lives, and ask them how to know Christ. Protect these Christians from harm and open the way for their escape. Anoint them to preach the good news and lead their captors to salvation.
- Pray God will empower every Fulani Christian with His Spirit to share His love and light with the lost. Pray He will surround each Christian community and home with His angel armies, making those angels visible to Fulani terrorists, so they will fall to their knees in terror of the Lord and open their hearts to salvation.
- Pray God will awaken lost Fulani to a deep hunger for Him. Pray they thirst for Him so desperately they will seek Him with all their hearts and find Him. Jeremiah 29:13.
- The Bible has been completed in the Adamawa Fulfulde (Fulani) language, and the New Testament is available in audio form. Pray every person will find it and whole communities will eagerly listen together and be saved.
- The New Testament has been completed in the Nigerian Fulfulde (Fulani) language, and is available in audio and video form. Pray the whole Bible will be completed and made available to every Nigerian Fulani, and they will excitedly receive it as truth and believe.
- Pray God will destroy every barrier that keeps the Fulani from believing in Him. Pray they will become dissatisfied with Islam and animism, angered by the violence and murder. Pray they will seek ways to leave that lifestyle so they can make a difference for the good of their country, rather than for its harm. Pray for a longing to become educated, read, get a jobs in the city, learn English (the official language of Nigeria, which many Christians speak), study the Bible, and anything else that will help them better their family’s lives.
- Pray God will march His angel armies into every terrorist camp, defeating the powers of darkness, breaking the chains that bind people to Satan’s causes, and releasing them to hungrily seek Christ’s salvation.
- Pray God will meet every Fulani in powerful ways through dreams, visions, encounters with Christians, audio versions of His Word, and other means. Pray His voice will slice through demonic lies and set up His throne among the Fulani, beginning a new people movement where Truth reigns.
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