Pray for Republic of the Congo

• Full Name: Republic of the Congo
• Government Type: Republic
• Leader(s): Denis Sassou Nguesso (president)
• Population: 4,366,266 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 287
• Religions:
• Christianity> 92.4% (Includes Roman Catholic, Protestant, Independent, and other)
• Ethnic religion> 4.5%
• Islam> 1.2%
• Non-religious> 1.2%
• Other> 0.7%
• GNI: $2.240 (2010 est.)
• Prayer requests:
• Pray for those embedded in Catholicism, that they may abandon religion, and come to know what it means to have a personal relationship with the Living God.
• Pray that the Lord may break down the strongholds of animism and ethnic religions, and that the church may be holy and set apart for the Lord, free from syncretism.
• According to the Joshua Project, there are 76 spoken languages in the Congo, and about half of which have no Bible translation. Pray for workers to go and translate, so the people may have the Scriptures in their heart language.
• According to the CIA, the presence of refugees in the country presents a humanitarian crisis. Pray that Christians and missionaries would minister to these people, and that they may come to know the only One who can provide true refuge in this world.
• Pray for those suffering from HIV/AIDS, and that people would rise up to minister to them.