Pray for Serbia

• Full Name: Republic of Serbia
• Government Type: Republic
• Leader(s): Tomislav Nikolic (president), Ivica Dacic (prime minister)
• Population: 7,276,604 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 5
• Languages:
• Serbian> 88.3%
• Hungarian> 3.8%
• Bosniak> 1.8%
• Romany (Gypsy)>1.1%
• Other>4.1%
• Unknown>0.9%
• Religions: 
• Serbian Orthodox> 85%
• Catholic> 5.5%
• Muslim>3.2%
• Protestant> 1.1%
• Unspecified>2.6%
• Other, unknown, or atheist>2.6%
• GNI: $5,680 USD per year
• Prayer requests:
• Serbia is a primarily an Orthodox and Catholic nation religiously. Pray that people would put religion aside and would come to have a personal relationship with the Living God.
• Pray for the Roma Gypsies and Muslims, both minority and marginalized people groups. Pray that the Church in Serbia would catch a vision to reach out and minister to them.

Pray for Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Full Name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Government Type: Emerging federal democratic republic
• Leader(s): Nikola Spiric (outgoing prime minister)
• Population: 4,622,163 (2011 est.)
• People Groups: 6
• Religions:
• Islam> 40% (1,848,865)
• Serbian Orthodox> 31% (1,432,871)
• Roman Catholics> 15% (693,324)
• Other (including Ethnic Religions)> 14% (647,103)
• Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $4,700 (USD)
• Population Below Poverty Line (2007 est.): 18.6% (859,722)
• Some Prayer Requests:
• ‘Bosnia-Hercegovina is recovering from a devastating three-year war which accompanied the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Maintaining peace and democracy in Bosnia is extremely complicated. Pray that the native leaders and world leaders will have the courage and wisdom to make peace work.’
• ‘1.3 million refugees fled Bosnia during the war. Only a quarter of those have returned and many of them are still homeless. Pray for all those struggling to rebuild their lives.’ Pray for their peace, protection and provision.

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