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Pray for Togo
Population 6.5 Million with 115 people per sq km. Religion 40% Christian, 40% Indigenous beliefs, 20% Muslim.
Positives The Atlantic coastline is only 56 km long but the little land stretches 540 km northwards to the Sahel. Wedged between Ghana and Benin. A period of intense anti-Christian rhetoric in the 1970s cooled to an official indifference. In 1978, 20 religious groups were banned, only Muslims, Catholics and five Protestant churches were legally permitted to function. In 1990 nearly all restrictions were lifted, and there has been considerable religious freedom since. Regaining religious freedom in 1990 has given a decade of more rapid church growth and reaching of many peoples for the first time. Evangelicals have grown from 17,000 in 1960 to nearly 400,000 in 2000.
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Prayer needs Subsistence agriculture involves 80% of the population. Main exports are phosphates, cotton, cocoa. Economic growth lags behind population growth because of widespread corruption. Muslims dominate in trading, taxi services, and in national education throughout Togo. There is a steady stream of conversions to Islam throughout the country, yet there are few Christian workers focused on Muslim evangelism. The idolatry and strong secret societies of many tribes with intense opposition to the gospel. Christians cannot grow in their faith until they have fully repented and renounced the works of darkness. Pray for these people.
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