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13th February 2011 |
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Pray for Malta
Population 407,000 with 1,270 people per sq km Religion 97% Christian
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Prayer needs Three small but strategic islands in the central Mediterranean. Dry limestone hills with no rivers. Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy). The Catholic Church is the State Church. Discriminatory legislation against other religions and denominations was eased in 1989 and 1990. Legally, there is religious freedom. Malta was the first nation in Europe to embrace Christianity — after the Apostle Paul’s shipwreck on the island. It has been staunchly Catholic for many centuries with high church attendance. Despite continuing devotion to religion, few Maltese have been confronted with the need for a personal faith in the living Lord Jesus. Pray for a removal of the barriers of spiritual blindness and fear that hold many from commitment to Him. Many Maltese have emigrated to other lands such as Australia (150,000), Britain (36,000), Italy (25,000) and Canada (20,000) where a number have come to the Lord. Pray that some of these may return to their homeland with the gospel. |
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