Gary Miller Ministry

Mar 14: Botswana

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Botswana

Republic of Botswana

Africa

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Geography

Area: 581,730 sq km
The Kalahari Desert covers 80% of the country. Dry and prone to severe droughts.
Population: 1,977,569    Annual Growth: 1.46%
Capital: Gaborone
Urbanites: 61.1%
HDI Rank: 125 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 51 (2% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: English, Setswana    Languages: 40 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	1,296,494	65.56	1.6
Evangelicals	159,689	8.1	1.2

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Challenges for Prayer

The Tswana were the first Bantu people in Africa to respond to the gospel; several tribes turned to God in the 19th Century through the LMS from England. Other missions followed. Today, the majority of Tswana are Christian in name. Sadly, there is widespread immorality, drunkenness and a breakdown of the traditional family structure, including a high proportion of illegitimate children. Other less numerous groups resent the Tswana's socio-political influence in Botswana. Pray for a reversal of the moral decline and for renewal among the Tswana.
Most mainline Protestant churches were established by Western missions in generations past, but now are generally in decline. Some suggest that the mainline churches’ struggles today are a legacy from the early missionaries’ failure to contextualize the gospel to local culture; this has resulted in pervasive nominalism. Both local congregations and denominational structures are affected. Pray for revival among these historic churches.
     For an additional 7 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Botswana.