A Critical Assessment of “War-Fare Prayers†among Christians in Nigeria Pentecostal Churches

Harmona Olusegun Augustus, Alaka-Osinowo Bolayemi O.S. and Mrs Olabode Joana Dr
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Harmona Olusegun Augustus: Department of Religions and Peace Studies, Lagos State University of Education, Oto/Ijanikin Lagos State, Nigeria
Alaka-Osinowo Bolayemi O.S.: Department of Religions and Peace Studies, Lagos State University of Education, Oto/Ijanikin Lagos State, Nigeria
Mrs Olabode Joana Dr: Department of Religions and Peace Studies, Lagos State University of Education, Oto/Ijanikin Lagos State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 9, 4332-4338

Abstract: Prayer plays a germane role in the lives of Christians irrespective of denomination. It is a channel of communicating with God. The general slogan among Christians is that a “prayer-less life†is a “powerless life†. Ware-fare prayer is a prayer technique popular among Pentecostal Christians in Nigeria today. It focuses on using prayers as a weapon of battle against spiritual forces of evil that torments human life both spiritually, socially, economically and so on. This is why the Apostle Paul commanded Christians to put on the armor of God (Ephesians 6:18). The aim of this paper is to critically examine “ware-fare prayers†among Christians in Nigeria Pentecostal Churches. Some of the questions to be addressed in this paper are: Why is the ware-fare prayer rampant among Christians in Pentecostal Churches? Are the ware-fare prayers born out of the African metaphysical realities? Are the ware-fare prayers a product of the socio-economic and political problems besetting Nigerians? This paper adopts a historical, exegetical and descriptive research methodologies.

Date: 2025
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