WE SPEAK YOUR NAMES

A Litany for the Stolen, Enslaved, and Raped Daughters of Nigeria

Dear Faith Partner,

Along with you, we remain prayerful for the safe return of our daughters who have been so violently removed from their families and community.

We hope that the attached litany, We Speak Your Names, will be a valuable resource for your worship and ministry experiences this Sunday and the coming weeks. We will continue to share other resources that might keep us all informed and more faithful to God's will for peace and justice in this world.

Thank you for your ministry and sharing the journey with us.

Dr. Iva E. Carruthers

General Secretary

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference

WE SPEAK YOUR NAMES

A Litany for the Stolen, Enslaved, and Raped Daughters of Nigeria

Weep for the Daughters of Zion, oh people! We weep for them and for the stolen daughters and sisters of Nigeria! Cry for all the daughters and sisters stolen, enslaved, and raped across the ages! We cry for you, daughters of Africa and daughters of God! We pray to the God of heaven for justice!

We speak your names!

We mourn and cry loud because of the vicious attacks that claim lives and human dignity. Mourn, people! You are OUR daughters! You are ALL our daughters! We say, SHAME on any who have harmed you and harm you still. We pray for justice! We demand it! Of the militant slavers who kidnapped you and who harm your spirits! We demand it of governments who can help!

We speak your names! We call you sacred! We say you're blessed. We will NOT stop looking for you! We will continue to pray for you! We will be a part of your healing as you return, daughters! For you are OUR daughters and sisters! You are ALL our daughters and sisters!

We speak your names! We call you sacred! We call you blessed and holy!

We pray to the God of love to wrap you in tender mercies and to protect your soul in your captivity, daughters! We pray for your safe return! We will NOT stop praying!

We will NOT stop looking for you! For you are our daughters and sisters! You are ALL our daughters and sisters!

Weep, oh people! And work for justice! Cry loud and do not cease to worry heaven and earth until our daughters are saved! Work, oh people! And do not stop until our daughter's lives are redeemed from the slavers, from the kidnappers!

We pray for the kidnappers that their hearts will not harden and that they will be convicted to do what is just and moral. We pray for justice! We pray they will be merciful! We pray they will repent! We pray they will be stopped! Daughters, we will not stop praying and working!

We speak your names! You are sacred, our daughters and sisters! Daughters of Nigeria and the entire world! We will pray for justice! We will live for justice! We will work for it! For you are OUR daughters! You are ALL our daughters!

We speak your names! We call you sacred! We call you precious! You are OUR daughters! You are ALL our daughters! Amen! Ase! And it is so!

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A Litany for the Stolen, Enslaved, and Raped Daughters of Nigeria

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