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18th April 2010 |
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Pray for Djibouti
Population 724,622 People 30 per sq km Religion 94% Muslim 6% Christian Positives Djibouti, Africa’s third smallest state, is a haven of calm in a stormy region. It is also a key base for Christian witness. Pray that present freedoms may not be eroded by the politics of the Horn of Africa nor by the Islamist voice which gets louder as the economic situation declines. The only legally recognized Protestant witness is that of the French Protestant Church, which began in 1960. The FPC has given hospitality to Ethiopian, Malagasy and local believer groups and mission agencies entering the country.
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Prayer needs A hot, dry, desert enclave between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. Some have called it ‘Hell’s waiting room.’ Mission work is a tough challenge in this hot, dry but often humid land, and working conditions are extreme. Pray for their ministries in education, public health, literature, Bible translation, literacy and youth work. The few Somali and Afar believers are often isolated and suffer many pressures from relatives. Most of them are jobless and some are illiterate. Pray for effective use of literacy programmes and the Scriptures in Somali and Afar. The Somali believers are meeting regularly for Bible study together. Pray that from these believers, leaders for congregations may be raised up.
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