AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for Romania - Europe

 

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Romania

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Geography

Area: 238,391 sq km
Balkan state on the lower Danube River, a mix of mountains, hills and plains.
Population: 21,190,154    Annual Growth: -0.41%
Capital: Bucharest
Urbanites: 54.6%
HDI Rank: 63 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 29 (21% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Romanian    Languages: 23 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	20,545,973	96.96	-0.2
Evangelicals	1,149,647	5.4	2.3

Prayercast

Challenges for Prayer

Church planting is still a vital ministry. Over 100 new churches are planted each year, but many more are needed. A consortium of mission agencies works across evangelical denominational boundaries to facilitate reaching the 19 cities and 9,500 villages (43% of all villages) without a single evangelical church. Many more congregations are still needed in the cities. There is notable resistance to non-Orthodox expressions of Christianity in most villages, and rising costs and rapid cultural change make for urban challenges. Pray for this vision to become a widespread movement, owned by the national church and effective at planting churches in every city, town and village.
Foreign missionary deployment was rapid and profuse in the immediate post-Communist years. Amid much that was good and worthwhile, some workers went in with little tact and less wisdom, causing almost as much harm as help. There is still a great need for expatriate missions in training, church planting and meeting the many social needs. Pray that expatriate Christians called to serve may show sensitivity, humility, true partnership and an ability to learn from, and work alongside, Romanian Christians. Many Western (and Korean, African and Latin American) groups now work in partnership with Romanian agencies and churches. Among the largest sending agencies are ReachGlobal(RG), IMB, GEM, ABWE, OCI, AoG. Increasingly, ministries started by expats are being handed over to national direction and leadership.
     For an additional 11 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 Romania.