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24th May 2009 |
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Pray for Zimbabwe
Population of 11.3 million people in Zimbabwe (subtract 4 people who now live in Klemzig) with over 70% Christian and 75,000 members of the Church of Christ. There are 800,000 members of the AOG Church. Strong church growth in the 1980s accelerated in the ‘90s with the number of Evangelicals rising from 1.3 million to 3 million. This growth has been across the spectrum of evangelical and mainline Protestant denominations but especially marked in the indigenous Zimbabwe Assemblies of God and a number of younger ministries.
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The land issue needs resolution. Under white rule much of the best land was tamed for agriculture by white settlers. The 4,000 farms became the source of 90% of agricultural exports and most of the marketed food of Zimbabwe and provided employment and homes for up to 2 million people. The need of land for the growing African population has long been a hot issue, but one inadequately addressed by the government.
Zimbabwe needs a government that will serve the nation rather than those who govern. Pray for early, non-violent change and for this land to be brought back from a social and economic nightmare. Malnutrition, threat of food shortages and unemployment are growing rapidly. Please pray for this beautiful country that is in crisis.
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