World Prayer Today

A Front-Row Seat to Answered Prayers in Liberia

What happens when God’s people pray? The gospel spreads and communities are transformed. That’s what a few members from the THRU the BIBLE team witnessed firsthand on a recent visit to Liberia. Today, we want to share the incredible things they saw.

If you’ve been faithfully praying with us through World Prayer Today, this story is your story, too. Come and see how God is answering your prayers and using His Word to change hearts in Liberia and beyond.

Reflecting on their trip to Liberia, our team shares:

After many hours of travel, our team stepped off the plane in Liberia, West Africa. We breeze through immigration and get to baggage claim. Moments later, the baggage hall is plunged into darkness. At least 100 of us crowd around, trying to get our luggage. It’s hot. The light comes back on about 10 minutes later, and by then we have our bags that are loaded with precious cargo: Over 200 media players have successfully made their way through customs, destined for eager listeners here in Liberia. 

As we reflect now on our time in Liberia, those minutes of darkness have greater meaning. Liberia has had a difficult history. For many years it was a dark place spiritually and politically. So dark that a radio station that had been broadcasting THRU the BIBLE and other Christian programming to the country was destroyed by warring parties. A country that had the light of Christ suddenly went dark. Praise God that in 2025 THRU the BIBLE started sending light back into Liberia on that rebuilt station! 

For years, TTB had no radio outlet in the country. So, you can imagine that we were excited a couple of years ago when a donor called us with a desire to invest in Home Groups in Liberia. That one phone call started a THRU the BIBLE ministry in Liberia that has now distributed over 1,000 players throughout the country! 

And we saw the impact these Home Groups are having. We drove two hours to a little village and didn’t know what to expect. There was no electricity and the only water supply was just a stream. We entered the simple structure serving as a church—a bamboo pole draped with palm fronds to keep the sun off of us. In attendance were over 200 people from seven churches that have been started through local people listening to THRU the BIBLE in African English Home Groups. 

The most exciting thing that happened wasn’t in the service. As we were leaving, a woman discreetly came up to us and said, “I am a Muslim. I have been listening to the programs but not as part of a group. I heard what you said from John 3:16, and I need to hear more.” She asked for a player and promised us she would listen regularly. God was speaking to this woman’s heart and our prayer is that she will come out of the darkness and into the light. 

God is shining His Light brightly in Liberia through media players, through Home Groups, through people hearing the message from a neighbor, and now through radio broadcasts. God is at work, and you are all making it possible. Please keep praying for more to hop on the “Bible Bus” until all the world has heard!