Sergeant of police and evangelist Janet Williams-Richards is passionate about winning souls and does not disguise her sincere concern for the salvation of the nation’s youths.
“If you are really a believer in Christ, your eyes should be open to recognise that even in the last couple of years, we really don’t have masses that are being saved because they’re out there. They are not coming in. The young men are out in the street smoking and vaping. The young men are out in the street drinking. Drinking their lives away. The young men are out in the street, lost. They’re being placed into prison. They are being gunned down, being killed, even by their own family members. There are so many things happening because we continue to stay within the four walls. We are in the end of days, and just like Noah, we need to go out. God will hold us accountable,” said the evangelist.
She has joined the army of believers that are sounding the alarm for persons to help reach the unsaved by getting involved in the Peaceful, Purposeful, Persistent Prayer Protest. Evangelist Williams-Richards, who is one of the team leaders of the location at the intersection of Savannah Avenue and Washington Boulevard and is urging Christians to leave the four walls of the church building.
Evangelist Williams-Richards started the prayer protest in 2025, at the insistence of one of her neighbours to join the movement. The movement since then has grown from a 2-person team to a group of more than 20 people. The group meets each morning from 5 am to 12 noon, with some team members leaving at an earlier time to go to their workplaces. Having made the area a righteous altar, the believers pray, worship, and read the word while evangelising to members of the public. Protesters also bear ministry cards denouncing social issues regarding the country’s governance, the National Identification System (NIDS), crime, and issues surrounding families.
Evangelist Williams-Richards has seen firsthand the impact of the Prayer Protest on persons. At least two persons have been saved and baptised. She also said that people have been healed and come back to the location to share their testimony.
“Children have been prayed over, and we have been having…visitations from the angels of the Lord out there,” she added.
Despite these testimonies, she believes that much more can be done, as there are still more souls to be saved. She emphasised that people are desperate and need help, and Christians must go into the world to provide that aid.
“We need to be out there. One taximan swings by, and he comes to us, and him jump out of the vehicle and say ‘pray fi me’. When we pray for him, the man just a cry. When we anoint him, as the Lord said to anoint and we anoint him feet, you know, say the man walked barefoot to his car. He said he is not even putting on his shoes. We need to be out there… We people have a run come to…” she said.
She also shared that the anointing that comes with their evangelism does not end at the location, but it travels with protesters into their workplaces, schools, and other areas. Evangelist Williams-Richards also revealed that the result of that anointing on her life has birthed a plan to baptise 16 persons currently in custody.
“Same place inna the cell me a carry the pool,” she said, while noting that the holy presence from the altar follows them long after they have left.
“As you’re there and you’re ministering to others and being ministered to, when you leave [for] your work or school, you still carry the spirit of the living God fresh in you. You want to tell everybody about the Lord; you want to bless them; you want to pray for them and pray with them.”
Evangelist Williams-Richards is therefore urging believers to evangelise, if not as members of the Peaceful, Purposeful, Persistent, Prayer Protest, then as family members and friends.
