Each month in Abuja we have a special
gathering. It’s called a “Prayer
Altar”. What is a prayer altar? It’s an initiative that brings teachers and
educators together to pray for common vision for Christian Education in Nigeria. This was how the Association of Christian
Schools International (ACSI) Nigeria began establishing its presence in
Nigeria.
What inspires me about Nigerians is that
they are “pray-ers” . And have such
faith that God moves and works through our prayers.
And
God has been answering these prayers.
These prayer altars have grown over the years. Our group in Abuja gets together monthly to
pray. Now we also add trainings to our
prayer times on different aspects of Christian Education. More teachers come. We started with a group of 10 or so, and now
we have 30-50. Schools are taking turns
leading the prayer times.
God
is teaching us many things through our times together. We are learning that we are not alone as we
face the challenges of Education in Nigeria.
We are learning that as we listen to each other ideas are exchanged and
solutions lie before us. We are learning
more about what it means to be a Christian educator: our job is a calling, there are many ways we
love and educate our students, that curriculum is a study of God’s creation and
we have an active role to play.
There are certainly challenges – sometimes attendance is low, messages
don’t get out for people to come, excitement rises and falls, it’s hard to
follow through on that which we have learned.
But
we continue to pray. This is the solid
foundation on which we find ourselves and know that as we pray, God hears and
answers.
Join me in praising God for Christian Education growing through Prayer
Altars. You are welcome to join us from
a distance too! We pray the second
Saturday of every month from 9-11am.
Email me if you wish to receive our prayer points so that you can pray
along with us!
