Feb 11: Albania
Albania
Republic of Albania
Europe
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Geography
Area: 28,748 sq kmA mountainous Balkan state on the Adriatic Sea.
Population: 3,169,087 Annual Growth: 0.37%
Capital: Tirana
Urbanites: 48%
HDI Rank: 70 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)
Peoples
Peoples: 13 (15% unreached) All peoplesUnreached Peoples Prayer Card
Official language: Albanian Languages: 7 All languages
Religion
Largest Religion: Muslim| Religion | Pop % | Ann Gr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christians | 965,621 | 30.47 | 0.5 |
| Evangelicals | 14,466 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Muslim | 1,977,510 | 62.40 |
Answer to Prayer
The Albanian Church is maturing from the infancy stages of the 1990s into a wide-ranging community of believers with greater indigenous leadership, nationwide organizational structures and a more holistic vision for discipleship and evangelism. All these have been achieved in a climate of politico-economic instability and antipathy toward non-traditional confessions.For an additional 2 Answers to Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.
Challenge for Prayer
The religious climate is very hazy. Albanians’ pragmatic and tolerant approach (“if it works, use it”) to religion contributes to this. Pray that wider-Balkan religious tensions will not begin to grow here; the three main confessions (Muslim, Orthodox, Catholic) are often uncomfortable with more recent groups. The statistical figures for religions and denominations are only a guideline, since there are no reliable sources and the large majority of affiliates are very nominal in their practice.For an additional 7 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.
