Pray for South Africa

• Full Name: Republic of South Africa
• Government Type: Republic
• Leader(s): Jacob Zuma (president)
• Population: 48,810,427 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 40
• Religions:
• Protestant> 36.6% (Mix of Zionist, Pentecostal, Methodist, Dutch Reformed, and Anglican)
• Other Christian> 36%
• Catholic> 7.1%
• Muslim> 1.5%
• Other> 2.3%
• Unspecified> 1.4%
• None> 15.1%
• Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $6,090 (2010 est.)
• Population Below Poverty Line: 50% (2000 est.)
• Prayer requests:
• South Africa has a large number of people infected with HIV and AIDS, the most of any country, and it has a particularly devastating effect on children. Pray for those who would minister to these people, and that those affected would come the One who conquered even death, and can offer restoration and newness of life.
• Pray for God’s people in South Africa, that His church may be pure and holy, be free from syncretism, and that they would worship Him in spirit and truth.
• South Africa endured government-instituted racism, known as the apartheid, from 1948 to 1994. Pray for any healing that would still need to occur in the lives of those affected, and that people would come to know that racism and resentment can be defeated through love and unity in Christ.