Tens of thousands of young people in Liberia are turning to Jesus Christ as a student revival spreads across the West African nation. FORGE ministry told CBN News that 45,000 students have come to faith over the past year through its evangelism and discipleship program. “Hearts are open to Jesus like never before,” says evangelist Charlie Marq.
Over the past year, a team of evangelists trained by FORGE has fanned out across the country, reporting a wave of revival in schools in numerous cities.
It started with 28 young people
It all began in November 2025, when about 400 people from across Liberia gathered for a time of training. Among them were 28 young men and women who were prepared to take the gospel into schools and universities.
Their efforts led tens of thousands of students to decide to follow Jesus Christ in 2026.
Marq, president of FORGE, told CBN’s Christian World News: “These believers who attended this training in 2025 understand that God chooses and uses ordinary people. And I believe that truth is key to seeing lives transformed around the world.”
Through its Multiplying Movements initiative, FORGE combines evangelism with intentional follow-up and discipleship, equipping local believers to share their faith themselves.
“The most spiritually open generation”
According to Marq, revival and a spiritual hunger are spreading among Liberia’s students. “When the foundations of people’s lives are shaken, I think they notice and recognize: ‘I need something more than what I have now,’” he said. “Right now, this younger generation has been labeled at the same time as the most anxious generation we have ever seen, but also as the most spiritually open generation.”
He described a young Muslim woman who came to Christ. After leaving Islam to follow Jesus, she was baptized the next day and was immediately filled with boldness to share her new faith.
“She crossed the dirt road and saw three or four Muslim men sitting there. She didn’t hold back. She ran up to them and said: ‘Guys, I need to be honest. I was trapped in sin and sexual addiction, I left Islam and today I found Jesus, and that changed everything. You need to give your lives to Christ.’”
“She was bold,” Marq said, explaining that she had met the living God. “And that’s just one of those lives! When they encounter not an idea, but a living God, Jesus Himself, everything changes.”
According to FORGE, this is not only happening in Liberia. In Somalia, a young man who had been recruited to become a suicide bomber also came to know the gospel.
Source: CBN News
