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20th June 2010 |
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Pray for Uruguay
Population 3.5million People 20 per sq km Religion 60% Christian Positives There is rising hope among Evangelicals. The last 10-15 years have been ones of heightened expectations, increasing fruitfulness, and unprecedented cooperation. Independent from Spain in 1828. A long and largely unbroken tradition of democracy and civil liberties, was overturned between 1973 and 1985. Democratically elected governments have ruled since the end of the military regime in 1985. Separation of church and state in 1918, with no legal preference given to any religion. The most secular state in South America.
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Prayer needs Uruguayan society has been characterized by secularism and hope in man for over 100 years. During the 1970s disillusionment set in, and by the '90s the manifest failure of secularism created a search for the transcendent. While Roman Catholicism may lay claim to 50% of the population, only 40,000 (1.2%) attend Mass. The majority of those affiliated with the Catholic Church are, in practice, non-religious. However, since 1986 the growth of some Pentecostal groups and Baptists has accelerated. Pray for this awakening to continue and that all evangelical churches may find ways to take advantage of this new spiritual interest.
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