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Pray for Kiribati
Population 99,000 People 115 per sq km Religion 95% Christian Positives Dependent on copra, fish and remittances sent from I-Kiribati abroad. Subsistence economy, with living standards well below that of other island states. The lack of commercial viability and large distances between islands make improvements difficult to achieve. Independent from Britain in 1979 as a democratic republic. Officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east.
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Prayer needs The once strong Congregational Church (Kiribati Protestant) is losing members and pastors to other Protestant groups and to Catholics, Baha’i and Mormons. The theological college in Tarawa is not evangelical. Pray for a return to biblical preaching and for New Testament Christianity to counteract nominalism and the underlying power of the occult. Evangelical Christians are steadily growing in numbers — largely through the witness of the Church of God with rapidly growing congregations, 33 pastors and a Bible School with 79 students in 1992. The AOG also has a growing presence. Pray that every island may have a clear, resident gospel witness.
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