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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21,004,000 | 141 people groups | 129 | 38.5% | 10.1% |
Chad faces travail within and troubles from outside. The current President is the son of the former (assassinated) President, after a disupted election in 2024. Rebels and bandits plague the nation from inside Chad but also from Darfur, C.A.R., Nigeria, and Cameroon. Economic growth, human development, and Christian ministry are... 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 […]
You do not test the resources of God until you attempt the impossible.
F.B. Meyer