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.
Check It OutJoin 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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| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,688,000 | 57 people groups | 27 | 96.1% | 24.4% |
Praise God for the growth among evangelicals who now are almost 25% of the population, in 25,000 congregations! The 1976 earthquake, the pain of war, and the witness of believers and missionaries all drew many to Jesus. Growth came quickly among Pentecostals, but faith is not always deep. Many mix... Read More
We've produced a set of slides for every country, including maps, flags, statistics and prayer points. Download them for free here.
For over fifty years, Operation World-the first survey of the spiritual needs of every nation-has inspired Christians worldwide to pray for countries and peoples. But how did this expansive prayer resource come to be? In God’s World to Win, Patrick Johnstone shares his personal story-from bullied schoolboy with an undiagnosed learning disorder to global missions […]
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 […]
Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.
D.L. Moody