AFWIS Joins Operaton World in Prayer for the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Latin America

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Dec 12: Uruguay

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Uruguay

Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Latin America

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Geography

Area: 176,215 sq km
Located between Brazil and Argentina on the east bank of the River Plate estuary.
Population: 3,372,222    Annual Growth: 0.28%
Capital: Montevideo
Urbanites: 92.5%
HDI Rank: 50 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 30 (3% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Spanish    Languages: 12 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	2,181,490	64.69	0.4
Evangelicals	210,267	6.2	3.2

Challenges for Prayer

Evangelical churches struggled to make an impact on Uruguayan society in the 20th Century, garnering only meagre fruit in converts. However, since the late 1990s, growth of evangelicals, especially Pentecostal groups, has rapidly increased. Pray for a continuing harvest, and that the thousands of new believers might be discipled and pastored effectively.
The recent awakening generates many challenges. Evangelical Alliance churches work together on an unprecedented scale to fulfill the DAWN(Amanecer) goals. Pray also for the hugely strategic ministries of the 20 or so seminaries or Bible schools; doubling the number of congregations creates a demand for godly, well-trained pastors. Some schools have been negatively impacted in the past by liberal theology.
     For an additional 6 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 Uruguay.