AFWIS Joins OW in Prayer for the United States of America, North America

December, 8 2012

United States of America

North America

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Geography

Area: 9,529,063 sq km
The world’s third largest nation in area and population.
Population: 317,641,087    Annual Growth: 0.97%
Capital: Washington DC
Urbanites: 82%
HDI Rank: 13 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 364 (16% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: English. The growing Spanish-speaking Hispanic population is 11.2% of the population and numbers 34 million    Languages: 176 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	246,553,012	77.62	0.5
Evangelicals	91,764,554	28.9	0.8

Prayercast

Answer to Prayer

Give praise for the emergence of new expressions of Christian and evangelical faith that take seriously both spirituality and holistic ministry and that are based on authentic practice of faith, worship and engagement of the community. They tend to possess a greater commitment to social action and justice. They are not defined by political partisanship or denominational barriers. There are growing pains, but these movements offer a fresh new take on Christian life in a culture that needs such authenticity.

Challenge for Prayer

America’s massive cultural and social influence makes it the world’s greatest force for good and its greatest purveyor of sin. The generosity of aid and development, the defence of human rights and opposition to tyranny, the many breakthroughs in technology and media, the great levellers of education, information and capitalism have all made the world a better place. These are in contrast to the insensitive cultural imperialism, selfish individualism, unbridled corporate greed and exportation of immorality (such as pornography, casual violence and shallow materialism) that are foisted upon the world. America’s appetite for illicit drugs and massive consumption of fossil fuels cause wars abroad, prop up corrupt regimes and inflict suffering on indigenous peoples of other lands. Pray that God might shape this nation to be a greater force for good and destroy the structures of sin that pollute much of the world.
     For an additional 14 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 United States of America.