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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21,913,874 | 75 people groups | 72 | 87% | 25.7% |
Zambians widely accept Christianity, even in public institutions and the media. Evangelicals grew from 3.8% in 1960 to more than 25% today. Former president Chiluba declared Zambia a Christian nation in 1991, and Zambians practise freedom of all religions. Zambia enjoys a legacy as a stable and peaceful nation surrounded... 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 […]
Intercession for others is the hallmark of all true prayer…We enter the richest fields of spiritual growth and gather its priceless riches in the avenues of intercessory prayer. To pray for others is of divine significance and represents the highest form of Christian service.
E.M.Bounds