Pray for Switzerland

• Full Name: Swiss Confederation
• Government Type: Confederation
• Leader(s): Micheline Calmy-Rey (president)
• Population: 7,639,961 (July 2011 est.)
• People Groups: 20
• Religions:
• Roman Catholic> 41.8%
• Protestantism> 35.3%
• Islam> 4.3%
• Orthodox> 1.8%
• Other Christian> 0.4%
• None> 11.1%
• Unspecified> 4.3%
• Other> 1%
• Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $70,350 (wow) (2010 est.)
• Population Below Poverty Line: 6.9% (2010 est.)
• Some Prayer Requests:
• “A lot of people in Switzerland live comfortable lives with everything they need and many don’t really know what Christianity is all about. Pray that people’s eyes will be opened to who Jesus is.”
• “There is a growing movement of youth congregations – pray that they would be able to reach and disciple loads of young people.”
• “Switzerland has a higher proportion of foreign nationals than any other European country – major cities like Geneva and Zurich have developed as international financial centres. Pray for the churches in these cities that are committed to working into every ethnic group and people”.

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