Praying for the UnreachedSample

More than 3 billion people worldwide don’t have access to local churches, pastors, or Bibles in their native languages. They need to hear the good news! Join believers from around the world as we pray to reach those who’ve never heard the gospel.

Sub-Saharan Africa stretches south from the Arab-influenced countries of North Africa (see “Middle East & North Africa”). The church is growing rapidly in many countries, however, some of the region’s largest ethnic groups remain unreached. These include the Fulani of Nigeria (16 million), the Somali (11 million), and the Oromo of Ethiopia (7 million). Challenges to the spread of the gospel include widespread religious syncretism (mixing of religious practices and beliefs), entrenched traditional religions, severe persecution in some areas, the growing influence of the prosperity gospel, and the continued expansion of Islam.

PRAYING FOR AFRICA

- Pray for Christian believers to remain faithful despite severe persecution.

- Pray for sufficient Bibles in local languages, and for access to education so the present and future generations can read them.

- Pray for a well-grounded biblical worldview, especially where

syncretism, animism, tribal religions, and the prosperity gospel hold sway.

- Pray that African Christianity will become more missional in its church-planting methods, accepting the call of Christ to pioneer into new areas with the gospel.