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Pray for São Tomé & Príncipe
Population 175,808 with 176 people per sq km Religion 80% Christian Positives Two larger and several smaller islands in the Gulf of Guinea 200 km west of Gabon. Evangelical growth has accelerated since independence — mainly through the work of the Portuguese Assemblies of God and more recently through Brazilian (YWAM) and Nigerian (Deeper Life) missionaries. Pray that these missionaries might have a great evangelistic and church planting impact on these islands. Pray for the development of locally-led congregations with effectively trained Christian leaders. Pray also for local support for national workers and for the launching of an interdenominational training centre.
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Prayer needs Settled by Portuguese in 1493, and became a major slave transhipment centre. Independent from Portugal in 1975 as a Marxist republic. A multi-party democracy was instituted in January 1991, whose tenure was interrupted for one week in 1995 by a bloodless, but farcical, military coup. The vast majority of the population is Catholic, but morals on the islands do not reflect this. Ninety percent of children are born illegitimately — the world’s highest rate. Pray that the Church may experience a renewal that challenges people’s empty religion.
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