The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation
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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Millions of people currently affected. Because of differing definitions, UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) counted 27.1 million refugees in 2022 and 89 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. 42% of them are under 18 years old. Were these displaced to form a country, it would be the 17th most populous in the... Read More
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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 […]
Some friends of Operation World are part of a very strategic prayer initiative regarding the war in Ukraine. There is some well-established history in recent decades of “special operations” of prayer, intercession, and repentance that bring breakthrough in the ending of conflicts and the forging of peace – even reconciliation. This is one of them, […]
Prayer needs no passport, visa or work permit. There is no such thing as a ‘closed country’ as far as prayer is concerned…much of the history of missions could be written in terms of God moving in response to persistent prayer.
Stephen Gaukroger