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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Kosovo
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 10 people groups | 10% (est)% | % |
Prayer
The evangelical Church is very small but growing. From around 80 believers at the outbreak of war in 1998, there are now over 2,000, mostly young men and teens (often, girls are forced to keep their faith secret). Churches mushroomed with the foreign humanitarian presence, but several have since closed;... Read More
Serbia
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,689,039 | 35 people groups | 21 | 80.4% | 0.6% |
Prayer
Evangelicals in Serbia face many difficulties. The recent religion law creates difficulty for all new religious groups, including many new evangelical groups. Protestants (110,000) have a long history among Hungarians and Slovak minorities, but little impact among Serbs and Albanians. Many do not live out their faith. Pray for revival.... Read More
PowerPoints for Prayer
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Latest News
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 […]
Celebrating 60 Years – The First Operation World
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