OW60
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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French Guiana
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314,000 | 21 people groups | 13 | 91.3% | 4.5% |
Prayer
French Guiana has a new image as a developed multicultural society, rather than as a place for imprisoned criminals. This change also brought French secularism and moral challenges. Many young people cannot find employment and are restless. Graphic pornography from French satellite TV disturbs the moral framework. Families suffer with... Read More
French Polynesia
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282,000 | 12 people groups | 9 | 92.3% | 7.2% |
Prayer
Tahiti is a paradise lost. Formerly a strongly Christian nation that sent missionaries all over the Pacific, Tahiti is now being debased by increasing vice and immorality as well as serious challenges to traditional values and ways of life. There is spiritual openness, but it seems to be shouted down... Read More
PowerPoints for Prayer
We've produced a set of slides for every country, including maps, flags, statistics and prayer points. Download them for free here.
Latest News
God’s World to Win: The Story of Operation World
For over fifty years, Operation World-the first survey of the spiritual needs of every nation-has inspired Christians worldwide to pray for countries and peoples. But how did this expansive prayer resource come to be? In God’s World to Win, Patrick Johnstone shares his personal story-from bullied schoolboy with an undiagnosed learning disorder to global missions […]
OW60th Celebration Recording
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. […]
Celebrating 60 Years – Observing the Great Shifts in Global Mission
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 […]
Prayer needs no passport, visa or work permit. There is no such thing as a ‘closed country’ as far as prayer is concerned…much of the history of missions could be written in terms of God moving in response to persistent prayer.
Stephen Gaukroger