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 |
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373,791 | 7 people groups | 4 | 94.1% | 4.3% |
The protests, strike, and riots back in 2009 were the largest in Guadeloupe's history and pointed to deep dissatisfaction with its relationship to France. Many feel like second-class citizens in a cul-de-sac of poverty, resentful of the continued colonial dynamic with France and its rich white scions living on the... Read More
Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
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168,999 | 15 people groups | 8 | 96.7% | 14.2% |
Guam is the hub of Micronesia, and as such, the population is multicultural and diverse. There is spiritual and church growth among many of the immigrant communities, including the Chinese, Koreans and Filipinos. Micronesian groups have dozens of churches, although their more isolated villages and their tribal culture present an... Read More
Population: | 162,000 |
Language: | Maithili |
Religion: | Hinduism |
Status: | Unreached |
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 […]
Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers