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5th May 2009 |
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Pray for Uganda
Much of Uganda is fertile and well-watered. The climate is temperate in the highlands. Long known as the ‘Pearl of Africa’. Uganda is home to the highest mountain range in Africa, the Mountains of the Moon in the Rwenzori National Park. It is the source of the mighty Nile.
No one knows the numbers who perished during Amin’s dictatorship and the subsequent civil wars, famines and tribal killings. Estimates are at least 300,000. Uganda is the first country in the world with a massive AIDS problem to halve and even reduce the numbers of the afflicted from possibly 25% in 1992 to possibly 8-10% in 2000. Both government and churches faced up to the terrible calamity and have successfully worked to achieve this reduction.
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The East African Revival brought new life and fervency to the large Church of Uganda and other smaller denominations for 30 years after its beginnings in 1936. Renewed revival from 1986 onwards — widespread prayer movements, the amazing growth of the Pentecostal Assemblies and a revival movement in the Catholic Church in 1995 are manifestations of this. There are 88% Christian and 6% Muslim. There are 32 million people living in Uganda. Pray for Unity amongst the differences within the Christian communities. | |