The pastor of the Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Puerto Padre has launched a nationwide call for unity and prayer, urging Christians across Cuba to join in a “thousand hours of prayer” for God’s intervention in the country’s worsening crisis.
In a video message, the pastor invited every church, council, and believer in Cuba to participate. “We want to ask all the Christians of this country to join the prayer that we are developing here,” he said, stressing the urgency of the current situation.
The call comes as Cubans face severe economic hardship, with widespread shortages of food, medicine, fuel, and electricity. Daily blackouts lasting up to 16 hours, soaring inflation, and declining wages have left many struggling to survive. The government has admitted that the economy shrank again in 2023 and 2024, while more than a million citizens have left the island since 2020 in search of better opportunities.
Amid these conditions, the pastor urged believers to humble themselves before God and pray with perseverance, trusting in divine intervention to bring “a radical response to all our needs and problems.”
The initiative has already begun with his congregation and the Presbytery of Puerto Padre, but the pastor hopes the prayer effort will spread throughout Cuba as a sign of hope and unity.
Observers note that the call for prayer comes at a time of growing social unrest. In recent months, protests have erupted in parts of Cuba over prolonged power cuts and food shortages, leading to heavy-handed government responses and renewed repression of dissent.
For many Christians, the pastor’s appeal represents both a spiritual cry for revival and a practical expression of solidarity in a nation weighed down by hardship.
Originally published by CDI. The translated version of this article is adapted from The Christian Post.
