AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Republic of Indonesia, Sumatra - Asia

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Jul 05: Indonesia, Sumatra

 

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Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia

Asia

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Geography

Area: 1,919,317 sq km
The Republic’s 17,500 islands (6,000 inhabited) stretch over 9.5 million sq km of the Indian/Pacific Oceans, with 33 provinces, 5 of which have special status. Includes the world’s second-largest rain forest and vast coral reefs.
Population: 232,516,771    Annual Growth: 1.19%
Capital: Jakarta
Urbanites: 53.7%
HDI Rank: 111 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 784 (26% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). Its increasing use is unifying the nation and lessening the importance of smaller languages to the younger generation    Languages: 722 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Muslim

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	36,853,908	15.85	1.6
Evangelicals	13,010,751	5.6	2.8
Muslim	186,734,219	80.31

Challenges for Prayer

Young people represent an untapped potential for both harvest field and harvest force. Around one-third of the population are under 18 years of age. Pray for:
a) Students in universities. They number 3.5 million in over 2,300 higher education institutions. A number of specialized agencies have extensive ministry on campuses (Navigators, IFES, CCCI and others). The IFES-linked student movement PERKANTAS has groups in over 50 cities. Islamic universities are rapidly growing in number and in influence. A significant minority of Indonesians study overseas, many in open nations – pray that they may be reached in other lands. Others are attracted by scholarships to study in Saudi Arabia.
b) School children. Forty percent of kids never make it to middle school. Children at Risk, Compassion International, Child Evangelism Fellowship, Awana, and Kids’ EE as well as denominations such as CMA work together to bring the gospel to the children of Indonesia. Many are at risk. Nearly three million are child labourers, often in dangerous jobs and, every year, thousands of others are trafficked for more nefarious purposes.
     For an additional 10 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 Indonesia.

Sumatra

Indonesia

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Challenge for Prayer

Sumatra is the largest unevangelized island on earth. Most of its largest people groups are staunchly Muslim; many others practice folk Islam. If it were a nation, only nine other nations would have more unreached peoples. There are many spiritual strongholds to be broken. Of its 49 unreached peoples, at least 29 have no indigenous church and eight still have no known gospel workers. Most Muslims have had little or no exposure to the person of Jesus, and most peoples have never had a long-term gospel presence in their midst. Some have access to a NT, the JESUS film, Christian radio, audio ministry or even local witness, but many have none of these.
     For an additional 3 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.