Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bolivia, Operation World on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bolivia (2)
7 Leadership training at various levels is vital for the many growing churches — from jungle village tribal churches to sophisticated elite city congregations.There are over 30 Protestant seminaries and Bible schools as well as a variety of TEE institutes and BCCs. These cannot provide maturity and spiritual authority without the deep working of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bolivia, Operation World on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bolivia (1)
1 Democracy and freedom are new realities for Bolivia. The benefits are only now beginning to reach the Amerindian majority that has long been mired in poverty, exploited and politically marginalized. Pray for courage and moral integrity for the national leaders as they grapple with the economic inequalities and social ills of society, not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bhutan, Operation World on March 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Bhutan
1 Bhutan is one of the world’s least evangelized nations. The strongly isolationist policies of the government further reinforce the hold of Tantric Buddhism with much that is demonic and occultic. Pray for true spiritual liberation for this land of the Dragon (Druk Yul). Pray for King Wangchuk and his salvation.
2 Bhutan was closed to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benin, Operation World on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Benin
1 Government corruption. Pray that the commitment to genuine democracy might be honoured and the endemic corruption in the country tackled. Pray also that all of the leaders may work for the good of the people rather than for self-enrichment.
2 Less-reached peoples. No people in Benin has a Christian majority and evangelical believers are few. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Belize, Operation World on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Belize
1 Belizeans are largely professing Christians, but nominalism and syncretism are common. The Spanish-speaking immigrants with their superstitions and superficiality, the Mayans with their underlying paganism, and the Garifuna with their black magic — each need a culturally relevant and sensitive presentation of the gospel. Many settlements still need church-planting ministry, despite the five-fold increase [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cote D'Ivoire, Egypt, Guinea, Mali, Operation World on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wassuli People
Music has been called the universal language. Despite language and culture barriers, anywhere we go, there will be music and it always speaks to the heart!
The Wassuli people of western Africa have always loved their musical expression. Their style, known as wass, is known internationally, and people of all ages enjoy listening to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Belarus, Operation World on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Many consider Belarus to have the most repressive religion law in Europe!
1 Belarus stumbled into an unexpected independence and is still searching for a national identity. Progress is crippled by the lack of political and economic freedom needed for growth. Pray for true democratic and religious freedom.
2 The cultural dominance of Poland and Russia lasted [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bangladesh, Operation World on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bangladesh (3)
11 Missions have been welcomed for their social uplift programmes — hence the emphasis on institutions and aid programmes — but too few are directly involved in evangelistic outreach and church planting. Pray for increased opportunities to fulfill their primary calling. Since 1980 limitations have been placed on missionaries, with all projects, plans [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bangladesh, Operation World on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
6 There are over 20,000 registered NGOs which have multiplied to meet the land’s deep social needs — Bangladesh may lead the world in the number, diversity and relative impact of NGOs on the life of the country. Indigenous secular NGOs such as the Grameen Bank have significantly improved the life of millions of the [...]
