Pray for: Central African Republic

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Key Stats

Religion & Geography
Category Statistic
Continent: Africa
Capital: Bangui
Population: 5,915,627
% Urban: 42.6 %
Population Under 15 Yrs: 43.9 %
Official Language: French and Sango (trade language used by most of the population
Languages: 82
Literacy Rate: 57 %
Life Expectancy: 53.9 yrs (233/236)
HDI Ranking: 188 / 189
% Christian: 76.4 %
% Evangelical: 32.2 %
Largest Religion: Christian
% Largest Religion: 76.4 %
People Groups: 81
Least Reached People Groups: 6
% Unevangelized: 11 %
Persecution Ranking: 24 / 50

Central African Republic

Title: Central African Republic

Tier: 1

Type: country

The Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the world’s poorest countries and faces immense physical human needs. A long series of coups, counter-coups, and civil conflicts devastated the economy and infrastructure. Muslim rebel groups (Séléka) and mostly Christian militias (anti-balaka) fought with government forces and each other. Hundreds of thousands were displaced. Although two successful elections have been held since then, rebels still hold significant swathes of the countryside. Pray for God to establish peace throughout the country.

Central African Republic

Title: Central African Republic

Tier: 1

Type: country

The CAR was one of the world’s most evangelized nations, but the upheavals here and in nearby Chad and Sudan mean the progress in some regions has reversed. Pray for all CAR denominations to send students for missionary training. Pray that those with training would resist the draw to serve as a city pastor and instead go to the unreached. Pray especially for the northern region, for the Runga (90% Muslim), the Sara Kaba (50% Animist), and the Gula/Kara (65% Muslim). Muslims grew rapidly in influence, especially in the cities. Few Christians feel equipped to reach out to them.

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Content taken or adapted from Operation World, 7th Edition (2010) and Pray for the World (2015). Both books are published by InterVarsity Press. All rights reserved.