Adnan's father tried to kill him for converting to Christianity.
Adnan's father tried to kill him for converting to Christianity.
Oct. 23, 2025 | Nigeria

Christian Convert Flees Family

[150] prayers in [11] nations have been posted for Adnan.

A young Christian has fled his family after they beat and threatened him. Adnan grew up in a predominately Muslim area of northern Nigeria and loved to study the Quran. When he noticed contradictions between what he had been told about Jesus and what he read in the Quran, his teachers told him to stop asking questions. He then secretly visited a church where Christians welcomed him. He also enjoyed the music and the teaching. Later, he met privately with a pastor who answered his questions, and he placed his faith in Christ. At home afterwards, Adnan forgot an Islamic prayer, and his suspicious family beat him. One night, his father held a knife to his throat, forcing him to fight for his life. Adnan escaped and is now enrolled in a Bible school. “The true God has revealed himself to me and salvation through his son Jesus,” he said. “I miss my family, but there is no going back.”

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  • Thank you Lord for this precious brother's faith, please convict his family and draw them to Christ. Please greatly encourage and continue to provide for Adnan. Please stop this horrible persecution in Nigeria and the mighty name of Jesus
    AMANDA Y - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide him. May he stay strong in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for him! Sustain him amid hardship & family rejection. Bring his family & other area Muslims to Christ, bringing peace, stability, freedom & hope. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide him. May he stay strong in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for him! Sustain him amid hardship & family separation. Bring his family to Christ, bringing peace, hope, freedom & stability to Nigeria. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide him. May he stay strong in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for him! Sustain & protect him amid danger & family rejection. Bring his family & other area Muslims to Christ. Bring peace, hope, stability & freedom to all Nigeria. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • In the omnipotent name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, El Shaddai, God Almighty as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for faithfulness of Adnan. We ask for provision, for hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to him. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide him. May he stay strong in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for him! Sustain him amid persecution. Bring his family to Christ. Reconcile his family to him. Build him up in faith through his Bible training. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • God, we praise You for Adnan's faith, for him seeking and finding. I pray that his faith remains strong all his life, and that Your love is clear to him all his life, a treasure, a reassurance, and a joy. I ask that Adnan's family, each member, all of them, also comes to know the truth, and that they would all turn to You and live. I pray for Nigeria.
    Kesse R - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Nigeria, particularly Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Adnan! Sustain him in faith, bringing his family & other Nigerian Muslims to Christ. Bring peace & stability. Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • God, I pray that you would send people to encourage Adnan so he does not loose his faith. I pray protection over him, that no more harm would come to him concerning his faith. I also pray for his family that they would see the error in his ways and come to you. I thank you for Adnan and his courage. Amen.
    Ben A - USA
  • God, I pray that you would protect Adnan as he grows stronger in faith in you. Help him know that you are greater than loss of family. Comfort him and bring new community around him that builds him up in Christ. Be with all those in Nigeria who are being persecuted and remind them of your comfort and presence.
    Caleb M - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Nigeria, especially Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Adnan! Sustain him in faith. Bring his family & other Muslims in Nigeria to Christ. And bring peace. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Iran, especially Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Adnan! Sustain him in faith. Bring his family & other Nigerian Muslims to Christ & peace. In Jesus' Name. Amen.


    Lisa D - USA
  • Father, we lift up our brother Adnan, asking that you will keep his faith strong and provide him with a strong spiritual community. Please use his honest and intelligent mind to help him learn your Word quickly and communicate it clearly to others. Please soften the hearts of his family members so they can be united in You.
    Brenda M - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Nigeria, especially Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Adnan! Sustain him in faith. Bring his family & other Nigerian Muslims to Christ & peace, In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Adnan Love his family but will serve the true Lord.He will not look back but continue this journey.God will save and deliver him from every attack of the enemy in Jesus name Amen.
    Kehinde A - USA
  • Father God, I ask that you will heal Adnan of all the trauma and difficulty he has experienced. Continue to reveal yourself to him and glorify your holy name through his situation. I pray that he will be safe and able to continue to grow in his faith in Jesus Christ. Please draw many in Nigeria to faith in Jesus Christ through the gospel message. Amen.
    Julia F - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Iran, particularly Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Adnan! Sustain him in faith. Bring his family & others among Nigeria's Muslims to Christ & peace. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

    Lisa D - USA
  • Our Father, thank You for Your work In Nigeria where Muslims are turning their backs on false god and enrolled in a Bible school. Please help all Christians under persecution, because they have no other help. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
    Maria D - Finland
  • Heavenly Father God, thank you for Christians like Adnan, please strengthen him, give him wisdom, knowledge, and understanding give him your joy and your love that comes with believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, and knowing that he is freedom and glory in Jesus name. Please give Adnan a Christian family.
    Pam W - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Nigeria, particularly Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Adnan! Sustain Adnan in faith. Bring his family & other Muslims in Nigeria to Christ & peace. In Jesus' Name. Amen.


    Lisa D - USA
  • In the name of love of Jesus, our heavenly Father, ElohIm Miqqarov, God Who is near, as brothers and sisters in Christ we adore You that You are near to Adnan. We ask for provision, hedge of protection, heavenly angels to encamp around and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Avi Ad! I thank You that You saved Adnan physically and spiritually so he could shine in Your eternal kingdom. You know the plans You have for him. Plans to do good to him and not evil. Plans to give him hope and a bright future. May he enrich himself with Your word. In Yeshua's name.
    Randal A - USA
  • Dear God & Father, I pray for believers in Nigeria, particularly Adnan: Protect, provide for, comfort, strengthen, encourage & guide them. May they stay strong & united in faith, hope & love, committed to Christ. I praise You for Adnan! Sustain him in faith. Bring his family to Christ & peace as well as Nigeria's many Muslims. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
    Lisa D - USA
  • Loving Father, thank you for drawing Adnan into your kingdom. As a father to the fatherless, please set this Solitary Man into a family, bring him into prosperity, providing for his spiritual, physical and emotional needs. Deal well with your servant and teach him good judgment and knowledge
    Julie C - USA
  • Father, thank You for Adnan, Your child whom You chose. Grant him safety from his family and a deep sense of Your presence. Let him enjoy the family of God to replace his own family. We ask Your Spirit to hover over his family to draw them to Yourself. Allow Adnan to shine forth and be salt where ever he ends up. Strengthen him to not shrink back.
    Craig R - USA
  • Lord, be with this young brother. Thank you for rescuing him and allowing him to attend Bible school. Please strengthen his faith and help him to look forward unto Jesus.
    Mark R - USA
  • Father God I pray for Adnan in Nigeria. Bless him Lord in his studies. I pray that he has a spirit of love, power and a sound mind, 2 Tim 1:7. I pray for the peace of God in his life, Isa 26:3. And that he forgives his family for the harm towards him. I pray that his family will one day come to know Jesus as Adnan does. In Jesus name, Amen
    Jacklyn L - USA
  • Lord Jesus, I thank you for the faithful witness of Adnan! May he continue to grow in the knowledge of Christianity and in the power of the Holy Spirit so that others will hear his message and come to believe in you for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. In your Holy name I pray , Amen!
    Chaplain Dale I - USA
  • Abba we welcome out beloved brother Adnan into the family of Faith and give praise to You for his decision to follow You.Bless our brother in his spiritual growth I pray and use him in mighty ways to lead others including his earthly family to You. May all who come in contact with him feel Your divine presence and power of Love I pray in Yahusha's name
    Yahleah M - USA
  • Dear Lord, may you protect and encourage Adnan in his new walk with Christ. Amen.
    Tom H - USA
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