Rev Evangelist Ephraim Godsgift Effiong is an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God, Nigeria. He has pastored churches and served as the evangelist and youth co-ordinator of the Assemblies of God, Nigeria at the district level. Together with his partner, Rev Theodore Effiong, they co-ordinate the prayer ministry known as Prayer City (An Inter-denominational Ministry) where souls from different walks of life gather together to intercede for the land and the nations. Headquartered in Calabar in Cross River State in Nigeria, they have run both radio and television programmes tagged "Get to the Altar".

          The work of Prayer City began late in 1995 when Rev. Ephraim Effiong and his ministry partner, Rev. Theodore Effiong received a vision from the Lord showing the entire compound on the marina filled down to the riverfront with praying people. Prayer gatherings have since met every Wednesday from 9am to 4pm throughout the past decade numbering up to 2,000 men and women from over 50 denominations and Church affiliations. This work, 'Prayers to all Nations (PTAN) has expanded the scope of its prayer ministry to reach every Local Government Area in Cross River State by conducting five to seven day Solemn Assemblies in each area. They cancel ancestral covenants and curses, and address the issues of idol worship, witchcraft and evil cults. They release the people to bring them back into the freedom of serving the true God through their response to the preaching of the gospel.

          Rev. Ephraim Effiong has a vision and a burden for the youths in the state. He has set up the Calabar Youths Action Movement (CYAM) to counsel and rehabilitate the former "area boys and girls". They gather together to meet every last Saturday in the month. The computer training programme has been set up for the CYAM in the Prayer City compound, but remains a separate work from PTAN.

          For some time, "Get to the Altar," the radio programme has been off the air. Ephraim's wife, Pastor Gift Ephraim took up the challenge to preach on the radio - sponsoring herself for half an hour on Wednesdays from 7pm to 7:30pm. This has been effective and people have been responding very well.

          Both Ephraim and his wife, Gift have written excellent books ... "Launch out into the Deep" ... "Life in the Deep" ... "Radical Restoration of the Firstborn" ... "Women in God's End Time Agenda" & "A Prepared Vessel for the New Wine". They are blessed with four children, Glory, Blessing, Ephraim Junior and God'sFavour.

          Rev. Ephraim Effiong conducted a ministry programme in Singapore during the month of June 2006 and also has connections in other nations. He was due to minister in the greater London area in 2007 subject to obtaining his visa but unfortunately it didn't materialise. We are hopeful that he will be ministering in the UK soon.

Rev Theodore Effiong is of mixed African and European descent. His mother is from Hounslow in West London where he grew up and schooled, while his father was from Creek Town, Calabar in Nigeria. At the age of 19 years he returned to his fatherland and place of birth - the ancient city of Calabar. He answered the call to serve the Lord by becoming an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God Church in Nigeria, where for the past 23 years he has embarked on missionary endeavours.

          As a revivalist and evangelist, he has been the Calabar District Evangelist of the Assemblies of God for 17 years, conducting hundreds of open-air crusades and revival meetings throughout the length and breadth of Nigeria. He ministers on a National platform as an evangelist and resource person in City-wide crusades and National Conferences.

          He is married to Mary, a beautiful Nigerian woman and they are blessed with four children, two boys and two girls. At present he is the senior pastor of the 'Covenant Centre', 91 Nelson Mandela Road, Calabar, the largest Assemblies of God Church in the district - 2,000 in attendance and growing. As an administrator, he is responsible for overseeing five local churches, two schools and the Evangel Clinic and Maternity Unit. In the past he served as a Presbyter and as the District Secretary of the Assemblies of God - Calabar District. In media ministry he has been a weekly preacher on Cross River Radio for eight years and from time to time on Cross River Television during the past three years and for the past three months at 6pm every Wednesday. He has written a total of nineteen books, as well as producing audio cassettes and CD's, video films and DVD's.

          The work of Prayer City began late in 1995 when Rev. Theodore Effiong and his ministry partner, Rev. Ephraim Effiong received a vision from the Lord showing the entire compound on the marina filled down to the riverfront with praying people. Prayer gatherings have since met every Wednesday from 9am to 4pm throughout the past decade numbering up to 2,000 men and women from over 50 denominations and Church affiliations. This work, 'Prayers to all Nations (PTAN) has expanded the scope of its prayer ministry to reach every Local Government Area in Cross River State by conducting five to seven day Solemn Assemblies in each area. They cancel ancestral covenants and curses, and address the issues of idol worship, witchcraft and evil cults. They release the people to bring them back into the freedom of serving the true God through their response to the preaching of the gospel.

          In obedience to the call to International Ministry, Rev. Theodore started it from his motherland in UK touring the churches in the south of England in 2004 for the month of June. The following year he toured the UK more extensively accompanied by his wife and baby daughter for the months of June and July. During this time Prayer City London Branch was established in the Hounslow area and the prayer meetings were held every last Saturday in the month until recently.

          Rev. Theodore visited again in May and June 2007 for a full programme extending into East Sussex and Portsmouth from London. He ministered later on in Scotland in September. In 2008 he visited England, Ireland and Scotland. He has also been ministering internationally in Ghana, Cameroon and South Africa several times.