MONROVIA – As if it was meant to test the genuineness of the spiritual will of President Joseph N. Boakai who promulgated Wednesday, July 30, 2025, as a ‘National Day of Prayer’ outside of legislative approbation—an action that seemingly epitomizes his religiosity—some Liberians are taking their prayers and supplications not only to God, but also to the incumbent president whom God has professedly chosen as His vessel to ‘rescue Liberia’. Bishop Kortu K. Brown of the New Water in the Desert Assembly Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Brewerville has taken his prayers on the spiritual holiday to the doorsteps of the Liberian Chief Executive who is definitely able, and not necessarily God, to rescue over 300 citizens at the Ministry of Transport who are on the brink of losing their livelihoods—jobs—with the acquiescence of the president. The Analyst reports.
A Liberian prelate says President Joseph Boakai is able to address the standoff at the Ministry of Transport where workers there have repeatedly advocated against contracting their responsibilities to a non-Liberian company fearing jobs losses.
“As we go to fasting with prayers for the nation, it is also very important that we consider the kind of fast that God requires,” the New Water in the Desert Assembly Apostolic Pentecostal Church Bishop said during a prayers session.
He said God expects “us to lift burdens and address the concerns of the poor, amongst others”.
The former Liberia Council of Churches president noted that he had watched in the last few days the workers contending and appealing to the Government for redress but to no avail.
Commending the Liberian Senate for siding with the workers and calling for a suspension and review of the contract, Bishop Brown said, “President Boakai, I call on you to kindly and speedily address the plight of those workers even as we fast and pray on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. We can only lift Liberia if we lift Liberians.”
He referenced Isaiah Chapter 58 verses 6 and 7, the Bible describes the kind of fast God accepts, and I quote, which states, “the kind of fasting I want is this: remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free. Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives”.
“That’s the kind of fast that will easily attract God’s attention and not just abstaining from food or staying the whole day in the church,” he emphasized. “Let us show mercy, remove the chains of injustice and oppression and let the oppressed go free.”
The prelate asserted that the people contending for their jobs are also God’s children.
“Let’s remove the chains of oppression placed on them,” Bishop Brown said, adding, “No foreign company, not even the Liberia Transport Management, should be preferred over Liberians or Liberian interests.”