Pray for Burkina Faso

• Full Name: Burkina Faso
• Government Type: Parlimentary Republic
• Leader(s): Blaise Compaore (president)
• Population: 17,751,779 (July 2011 est.)
• People Groups: 77
• Religions:
• Islam> 60.5%
• Catholic> 19%
• Animist > 17.3%
• Christian> 4.2%
• Other or no religious affiliation > 1%
• Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $550
• Population Below Poverty Line: 46.4% (2004 est.)
• Some Prayer Requests:
• “Half of the population are Muslim but only a small minority of the missionaries are working specifically with these people groups. Pray that more people would respond to this challenge and have the passion and perseverance to reach more Muslim communities.”
• “Burkina Faso is dominated by idol worship, secret societies and the occult, even in some churches. Pray that the power of the occult would be broken and the truth of Jesus would not be compromised.”
• “1,500 students around the country are linked with Ougadougou University through cell groups. Pray for effective support and discipleship for these students.”
• “Only 2 indigenous languages in Burkina have a Bible – pray for the translators who have taken on the awesome challenge of translating more.”

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