We are celebrating 60 years since the first edition of Operation World!
Christian leaders and intercessors from around the world share the impact of OW on their lives.
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| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,721,608 | 56 people groups | 43 | 45.4% | 10.7% |
The political and economic situation remains precarious. A family dynasty ruling for over 50 years and an unequal electoral system both favour the central-northern Gur peoples over the southern Guinean peoples. Pray that God breaks down the resentment and bitterness between them. Poverty leaves orphans and unwanted children (over 300,000)... Read More
We've produced a set of slides for every country, including maps, flags, statistics and prayer points. Download them for free here.
To commemorate 60 years since the publication of the first Operation World, we hosted founding author Patrick Johnstone in a video call along with the OW team and some friends. Patrick shared stories about the origins of OW and insights about how the worlds of prayer, mission, and research have changed over these past decades. […]
Following on from the first post that looked at the foreword of the original Operation World, we now dig into the preface. PREFACE We pray that this little booklet, so limited in its scope, will help the readers to see the great spiritual need of this world. The day of mission work is far from […]
The first-ever edition of Operation World was a tiny A5 booklet of 32 pages, locally produced on a hand-cranked Gestetner machine in South Africa in 1964. A bigger print run was done in Germany in 1965. Attached below are a few photos of that 1965 edition. It is remarkable to think that this humble but […]
History belongs to the intercessors, who believe the future into being.
Walter Wink