Muslim rebels often target Christian communities in Central African Republic. (Photo Credit: World Watch Monitor)
Muslim rebels often target Christian communities in Central African Republic. (Photo Credit: World Watch Monitor)
Jun. 21, 2018 | Central African Republic

Continue to Pray for Pastor Sylvain

[205] prayers in [15] nations have been posted for Pastor Sylvain.

When the leader of the Seleka Muslim rebel coalition resigned from power in January 2014 at the height of the civil war, riots broke out across the capital city of Bangui. During the riots, which included violent attacks on Christians, a Muslim mob destroyed Pastor Sylvain Boynguiza’s home and church, located just 650 feet from the city’s central mosque. Worshipers fled the church that Sunday morning as they began to hear gunfire in their neighborhood, and many were shot as they tried to escape the attack. The rebels set fire to the church and destroyed the homes of many Christians, including that of Pastor Sylvain. Pray that Pastor Sylvain and his congregation will be peacemakers in their community.

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  • Help Pastor Sylvain stay strong in the power of your might. Grant him peace and grow his congregation, in numbers and in spiritual maturity.
    Mark M - USA
  • Father God, please continue to heal the hearts of Your people that have been hurt in this world even many-decades ago. We long for Your coming. We praise You that we will not endure this world forever, glory to God. Let the wicked repent and turn to Jesus while they can and let Your Spirit reign in the hearts of the faithful in Jesus' name.
    Kathy G - USA
  • Our Father, thank You for remember Pastor Sylvain Boynguiza's case. Thank You for working with him. Please help Pastor and the congregation be the peacemaker in their community. Please guide them. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
    Maria D - Finland
  • Father, we thank You for Your protection of Pastor Sylvain and his family. Thank You for his courage in remaining to serve those who love You in this difficult place. Give them and those who bear Your name in Bangui a love for their enemies. Use this congregation to be peacemakers in their community. Continue to heal those who lost loved ones.
    Toni D - USA
  • Father in Heaven, We commit pastor Sylvain, family and brethren to your embrace, a God of mercies and compassion. Come to the rescue of these destute and hurting ones, and let them do as you have said, render not evil for evil. Despite their heartache and loses,the Lord will repay, let love and peace be common place for them, that the enemies see
    Joyce D - United Kingdom
  • Thank you for this brave pastor, Sylvain, help him and his family. Give him wisdom, protection and a home.
    Patrecia J - USA
  • Dear Lord,
    I pray for Pastor Sylvain and his congregation. Give them grace and comfort in this time. May they feel Your arms around them and Your power within them. Give them the courage they need to continue in the Faith. Provide for all their needs. Cover them with Your Wings.
    In the precious name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen
    Madison F - USA
  • Dear Lord, please strengthen the faith and courage of these believers. Help them to know that You are with them every moment even in the face of persecution. Please keep them safe, provide for their needs, and help them spread the Gospel.
    Betty A - USA
  • Lord, I can't even imagine how tempted I would be in my humanity to retaliate if something like this happened to me. I pray that Pastor Sylvain and his congregation would resist the urge for revenge and instead be peacemakers and that these attackers would bend their knee to Christ and join Sylvain in the spread of the gospel.
    scott L - USA
  • Father, only you can help these people forgive and be peacemakers. I pray you pour out your Spirit upon them. I pray they know you are with them. Guide them, give them wisdom, strength, courage, peace through all this. Speak to the hearts of those who persecute them, open their eyes. May your children keep their eyes on you. Touch them Lord.
    Polly C - USA
  • Heavenly Father, Lord of All...Please protect your children in this area of the world. The enemy is trying to destroy Your Kingdom but you are the greatest and we ask in Your Son's Name and for the glory of your Mighty Name that You turn these circumstances and make it work for good. Please help pastor Sylvain and his congregation rebuilt & unify. Am
    Isabel S - USA
  • Lord I ask you to provide for pastor Sylvain and his family, guiding them every single step they take now. Make their church strong and yes, shine your light right thru them and expose the darkness. Convict those who did this of guilt and bring them to repentance. Clear a path for Sylvain and give his family the peace of your strong presence.
    Sharon S - USA
  • Thank You for this pastor and his faithful service to You. May he continue to seek You, may he be diligently in Your word, and may the church be unified with one another. I ask that these believers would extend love and forgiveness and that they would trust Your goodness despite all of the difficulties.
    Danielle H - USA
  • Lord,
    Thank You for these believers who continue to follow You despite the costs. I pray that You would provide for those who are in material and spiritual need. May Pastor Sylvain and his congregation be able to love those who persecute them. I pray that their persecutors will be confronted by Your awesome love and forgiveness.
    Lysander S - USA
  • Father thank You for Pastor Sylvain. I pry for the city of Bangui. I pray for he Christians in the city those who belong to You that You would deliver them from evil. Please keep them from harm. I pray that the Christians there would be a light to all and draw the city of Bangui to You. In the Name of Yeshua. Amen.
    Kia W - USA
  • Holy Father, protect Pastor Sylvain and his congregation from those who wish to harm them. May their faith in You shine brightly and point to Jesus and the love He has for them. Strengthen Your children and provide them with courage and love for their enemies. May there be converts who repent of their violence and come to You. In Jesus' name, Amen
    Elizabeth S - USA
  • Holy Father, protect Pastor Sylvain and his congregation from those who wish to harm them. May their faith in You shine brightly and point to Jesus and the love He has for them. Strengthen Your children and provide them with courage and love for their enemies. May there be converts who repent of their violence and come to You. In Jesus' name, Amen
    Elizabeth S - USA
  • Father, please help this pastor and his congregation be peacemakers. Help them to remain faithful, calm and loving to the vile and sin sick. Open the hearts and eyes of those who would cause suffering and harm to your children. Please save the rebels Father. They are held captive to satan and bound by sin. May they listen to the good news of salvation
    Martha M - USA
  • Lord, thank You so much for Your church, thank You that when painful things happen to Your people, our brothers and sisters in Christ, that You hear their cries, You see what happens. Thank You for these lives and for those who are losing their lives for Your names sake. Please strengthen the church and give them what they need in their suffering. Amen
    Kate W - Australia
  • Thank You Lord for Pastor Sylvain and his church family. I pray for Your supernatural strength, protection and provision upon them. I pray You will give them a spirit of forgiveness for those responsible so that You May be glorified and many come to you.
    Tricia W - USA
  • Heavenly Father, Rescue Your people from violent men whose hearts are full of evil plans and schemes and are set on stirring up war and trouble. Keep your people from those who try to trip them up and set traps for them. Let their plans come to nothing, Lord (from Psalms 140). Be a shield around Your people who praise Your name. In Jesus' name, Amen.
    Michelle B - USA
  • Lord I lift up Pastor Sylvain and pray for his church. I pray that they would remain faithful to You alone and that You would draw them close to You. I pray for hearts that beat for You and hearts that desire to give You all the glory. I ask for protection for them from all the flaming arrows from the evil one and also from the humans around them.
    Joy H - USA
  • Let the peace that comes from You Lord, sweep the hearts of the wicked. Let the church be bold in their witness. Give the right words to prick hearts, question their sin, question who Christ is and to realize their sin and seek forgiveness. Amen
    ej L - USA
  • Father God,
    Blessed are those persecuted for Your kingdom and righteousness, and bless the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Comfort Pastor Sylvain and the other believers in the community. Please provide them new homes and another church. Help them be peacemakers in their community. Please bring their attackers to You.
    Debbie D - USA
  • Heavenly Father help these Believers to walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. I pray the Holy Spirit's help to bear with one another and forgive one another and to put on love which is the bond of perfection, that the peace of God would rule in their hearts
    Julie C - USA
  • God of All Peace, let Your peace settle on the capital city of Bangui. I ask that You would restore all that taken from pastor Sylvain and his congregants tenfold, even, and their enemies would see it, repent and give You glory. Use Your people in Bangui for peace.
    JM B - USA
  • Lord Jesus, Please Order the steps of Pastor Sylvain and the Body of Christ in CAR, Grant them Your Protection, Fortitude, Comfort, Growth in You, Favor, Justice, Way to spread Your Gospel, Spiritual and Physical Provision, and Blessed Assurance. Please Change and Open the hearts of the Muslims to You, Cause them to Truly Repent, In Jesus' Name, Amen.
    Marcia H - USA
  • OUR FATHER, IN JESUS' HOLY NAME, we lift Pastor Sylvain and the Body of Christ in CAR up to You. The Lord Jesus Bind and Rebuke Satan, His hosts, and the Muslims using anything against them. Please Heal their hearts, minds, bodies, and souls; Cause Your Peace, Love, Truth, and Word to go forth and prevail according to Your Will, In Jesus' Name, Amen.
    Marcia H - USA
  • Father, I pray for Pastor Sylvain, his family and church that You would protect them from evil and Islam and provide for all of their needs in Jesus Name. Cause them to be light in the darkness, peacemakers, and cause people to come to Jesus. Fill them with Your Spirit that they remain strong despite the persecution. Pour out Your Spirit on this nation
    Alan G - USA
  • Lord, These people placed in position for such a time as this. You will provide, protect, sustain, heal, uphold your own. May this event show who you are to many as your people live in fatih and love. Fill mightly with your spirit, sign and wonders to your followers. Crush satan and the muslim sprit binding people in this region, salvation and peace.
    kathy C - USA
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