In 2002, national believers were stirred to action, launching prayer-fasts and evangelistic rallies in the war-torn north. President Museveni, impressed with what the believers were doing, summoned several pastors to the Gulu region. Becoming aware of the spiritual roots of this war, he offered these believers armed escorts to go to dismantle demonic altars used by Kony to renew his power. This Josiah-like initiative soon yielded dramatic results.
In 2005, Sentinel Group film crews visited Northern Uganda three times to document the pivotal role of prayer in ending a vicious, 18-year civil war. The resulting production, entitled AN UNCONVENTIONAL WAR, sheds new light on one of the most bizarre, devastating, and ultimately uplifting stories in recent memory.
One of the most moving and meaningful answers to prayer has been the return of thousands of abducted children, many from Godly households, and their reunion with their praying parents. Many have returned with accounts of divine protection and deliverance.
It chronicles how fervent prayer and a unique Church-State collaboration tamed one of history’s most brutal insurgencies, bringing hope to lost and oppressed peoples everywhere. It is a challenge to us all to invite God’s presence with abandonment and expectation! This is a truly remarkable modern day saga of forgiveness, courage and deliverance.