By Shadrach
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has expressed deep concern over the prevailing economic and social challenges bedeviling Nigeria as a country, calling for urgent divine intervention.
Bishop Francis Wale Oke, the National President of the Fellowship, while speaking yesterday during the PFN National Executive Retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, said that only God’s intervention can rescue Nigeria from its present difficulties.
The retreat, which also heralds the 40th anniversary of the PFN scheduled for October 27, 2025, is themed ‘PFN: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’. According to a statement by Akinwale Aboluwade, Director of Media and Publicity to Bishop Wale Oke, the event is focused on rededicating the nation to God for spiritual and national renewal.
“This year marks 40 years of the PFN’s existence. God has used the Fellowship to impact Nigeria in many ways. We are here to celebrate God’s goodness with praise, prayer, and the word. We believe God will use PFN as His instrument of mercy to deliver Nigeria,” Bishop Oke said.
He noted that the country is at a critical juncture, citing widespread insecurity, economic instability, the declining value of the naira, and increasing emigration, popularly known as the ‘JAPA syndrome.’
According him, “We are at the threshold of history. Nigeria faces many existential threats. But we know the pillars of the earth belong to the Lord. If He steps in, there shall be light.”
Oke stressed the role of the Church in national healing, referencing 2 Chronicles 7:14. “The time to act is now. May the PFN be God’s instrument of mercy in this season.”
