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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Join people from every nation, praying for people in every nation. Operation World equips believers to respond to God's call for his people to pray.
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Afghanistan
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43,844,112 | 70 people groups | 41 | 0.1% | 0% |
Prayer
The re-conquest of Afghanistan by the Taliban in 2021 came as a shock to many. These events led to the suspension of humanitarian aid to the needy people of Afghanistan, the reintroduction of much harsher Islamic laws, the flight of millions of Afghans from Taliban rule, the intensified persecution (and... 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.
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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 […]
Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things ‘above all that we ask or think’.
Andrew Murray