AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Ceska Republika - Europe

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May 07: Czech Republic

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Czech Republic

Ceska Republika

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Geography

Area: 78,864 sq km
Landlocked central European state.
Population: 10,410,786    Annual Growth: 0.42%
Capital: Prague
Urbanites: 73.5%
HDI Rank: 36 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 19 (13% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Czech    Languages: 20 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Non-religious

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	2,698,476	25.92	-2.9
Evangelicals	72,854	0.7	0.3
Non-religious	7,434,342	71.41

Prayercast

Challenges for Prayer

Czech Protestants must both reclaim their heritage and demonstrate new life. Since the defeat of the Bohemians by Catholic forces in 1620, Protestants have suffered in one way or another. There is now freedom but also spiritual decline; the remarkable legacy of both John Hus and then the Moravians is under threat (and has been so for some time). Pray for evangelicals – the traditional but shrinking Protestant denominations and the smaller, younger groups such as Baptists, Pentecostals and others. Determined, deliberate and loving outreach and evangelism are necessities, as is the prayer that must precede them.
New expressions of Christian faith. Czech antipathy toward institutions weighs heavily against established denominations, but the grassroots church-planting movement (spearheaded by the Czech EA) is seeing much greater openness to alternate forms of Christian fellowship. Small congregations, house churches and cell groups all fare better than top-heavy structures. The growth of charismatic elements in many denominations coincides with this, since a more experiential faith appeals to many Czechs. An effective approach appears to be consistently applying principles of discipleship in a more organic context rather than maintaining more Western-style structures oriented toward large events.
     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 Czech Republic.