Pastor Jerry Eze hosted 2025’s largest gathering of Christians in the UK. Here’s what happened

40,000 Christians gathered in London’s ExCeL for the annual New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations event. AJ Gomez reports

A reported 40,000 people gathered at London’s ExCeL Arena last month for Pastor Eze’s New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD) annual UK conference.

The atmosphere was one of pure intensity, much of it owing to the curation of the day’s six-hour programme of prayer, worship, prayer, worship etc.

A Spiritual Rally

From Nigerian worship leader Emmasings’ opening set to Pastor Jerry Eze’s closing words, every moment was either a celebration, or the declaration that the next one was imminent.

When two pastors of the ministry took the stage there were no introductions or preamble. They launched straight into speaking in tongues and the force of their delivery was mirrored by the audience. Their presence demanded, almost provoked, a zeal that resulted in an electric atmosphere.

One declared, “The shouting side is the winning side!” The other built on it: “You are not shouting like you know that the walls have now crumbled! You are not shouting like you know that you are leaving here with your evidence! You are not shouting like you know that all the negativity that came with you is not permitted to go back with you!”

Ten more minutes of such declarations followed — promises of marriages arriving sooner than expected, of immigration papers being delivered swiftly — before the two pastors, hand in hand, proclaimed: “Can we be the first to say to you…Congratulations!” Their felicitations cementing the declarations as though fulfilment had already arrived.

With the opening declarations complete, attention turned to those who had seen past prayers come to fruition and testimonies were called for.