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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Saint Barthelemy
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,414 | people groups | 3 | 61% | 2.3% |
Prayer
This island caters to the uber-rich, trading on its sophistication and isolation for its exclusivity. There is little interest in spiritual things. Pray that amid the boutiques, cafés and villas there might awaken a hunger for spiritual reality and the opportunity to know God. Pray also that the few churches... Read More
Saint Helena
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,197 | 1 people groups | 1 | 94.7% | 8.8% |
Prayer
The Christian heritage of St Helena is strong but islanders' committed to faith are decreasing. Most Christians are nominal, and church attendance continues to decline. A critical mass of evangelicals on the islands is needed to generate spiritual momentum. Pray for Baptists and the Salvation Army, where most evangelicals can... Read More
Saint Kitts & Nevis
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46,922 | 4 people groups | 2 | 93% | 21.7% |
Prayer
The shift in economy, from sugar to tourism and offshore finance, has borne unwanted fruit in attracting, along with the money, undesirable elements. Pray for personal and social righteousness to combat this trend.
Saint Lucia
| Population | Peoples | Languages | Christian | Evangelical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180,149 | 5 people groups | 2 | 95.1% | 14.5% |
Prayer
The veneer of religion without true faith is a widespread problem - the more historic churches are in significant decline. Living Christianity decreasingly influences much of society, as increasing materialism undermines spiritual life. A staggering 86% of all children are born out of wedlock and 45% of all households are... Read More
PowerPoints for Prayer
We've produced a set of slides for every country, including maps, flags, statistics and prayer points. Download them for free here.
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 […]
Prayer succeeds when all else fails. Prayer has won great victories and has rescued, with notable triumph, God’s saints when every other hope is gone.
E.M. Bounds