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Pray for Guinea
Population 10.3 Million with 42 people per sq km Religion 85% Muslim 8% Christian Positives A small country on Africa's west coast; between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. Potentially the richest state of former French West Africa with abundant land, fertile soil, water and minerals. However, reduced to subsistence and destitution by the folly and corruption of successive regimes. Praise God for the presence of more than 20 evangelical missions and the growth of evangelism to the unreached. The increase in work among the Muslim peoples is particularly encouraging. Mission awareness has grown in the last few years. There is a growing expectancy among believers for an abundant harvest, and increased activity toward this end. Pray that this vision may continue and spread to other tribes.
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Prayer needs French colony until independence in 1958. President Sékou Touré led the country into a disastrous flirtation with Marxism which virtually destroyed it. The repressive regime was swept away in a military coup in 1984. President Conté changed from military coup leader to President though the validity of the election process was dubious. A new constitution was introduced in 1991. Despite the increase in missionary activity, most people groups are still a challenge. The three dominant peoples are strongly Muslim. The believers from these groups are often unable to break free of their Muslim contexts to live openly as Christians. Pray for their courage and boldness.
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