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Nov 04: Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Asia

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Geography

Area: 65,610 sq km
Large island 80 km southeast of India.
Population: 20,409,946    Annual Growth: 0.88%
Capital: Colombo
Urbanites: 15.1%
HDI Rank: 102 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 76 (84% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Sinhala and Tamil, with English as the link language    Languages: 7 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Buddhist

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	1,710,353	8.38	0.8
Evangelicals	242,965	1.2	2.3
Buddhist	14,291,044	70.02

Answer to Prayer

The emergence of Sri Lankan churches and denominations planted and led by Sri Lankan Christians is a point for praise. The establishment and growth of these groups – that make a point of not being tied to any Western funding agency – go a long way in establishing Christianity as a valid indigenous expression of faith.
     For an additional 3 Answers to Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

Challenge for Prayer

Traditional mainline Churches have declined from 21% of the population in 1722 to 7% in 2010. The causes – nominalism, theological liberalism, insufficient outreach and lack of indigeneity. Aggressive Buddhist proselytism and emigration of Tamil Christians steadily whittle away their flocks. Praise God for growing evangelical movements in most of the Protestant denominations today. Pray for renewal that will correct the above shortcomings and see God shape a purified, biblically sound indigenous Church with a focus on extending the love and truth of Christ in word and deed to all of Sri Lanka.
     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 Sri Lanka.