The World

Evangelical Christianity had been growing at a rate faster than any other world religion or global religious movement, although this claim can be disputed post-2020. The surge of evangelical missions after WWII was an astonishing success story, but most of the subsequent growth came from a new generation of indigenous evangelical movements around the world. […]

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The World

The unprecedented harvest of new believers continues across Africa, Asia and Latin America, in contrast to the relative stagnation or decline in the rest of the world. We are witnessing a remarkable story of a growing, spreading and diversifying Church. Christianity has slightly declined as a percentage of the world’s population since 1900 – only […]

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The World

The amazing harvest of new believers continues across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. By contrast, the Church grows very slowly or even declines in the rest of the world. Although sometimes small in number, or away from public view, Christians now live and fellowship inside every country. World mission, migration, and globalization all spread the […]

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Pray for the World & Regions

Every year we begin our prayer calendar with praying for the entire world, followed by prayer for the regions. The World – Prayer Calendar for January 1-11 Africa – Prayer Calendar for January 12-18 The Americas – Prayer Calendar for January 19-24 Asia – Prayer Calendar for January 25-31 Europe – Prayer Calendar for February […]

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What People Are Saying

Prayer is the fuel of global missions. No book, ministry, or resource has done more to mobilize God’s people to pray than Operation World. And so, it is with great delight that I commend to you the ministry and the resources of Operation World. The tools that have developed will mobilize immeasurably more prayer, bringing […]

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Abbreviations

ABBREVIATION FULL NAME ABUA Asociación Bíblica Universitaria Argentina ABWE Association of Baptists for World Evangelism ACET AIDS Care Education and Training ACMC Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment ACTEA Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa AD Anno Domini AE Africa Enterprise AEA Association of Evangelicals of Africa AEE African Evangelistic Enterprise AfAsLA Africa, Asia and […]

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Glossary

These terms and their definitions are taken from the 7th edition of the book version of Operation World (2010). Some of the terms below may be defined differently by other organisations; these definitions apply only to how Operation World uses the terms. 10/40 Window The area of the world between latitudes 10° and 40° north […]

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Prayer and World Evangelization

From Patrick Johnstone, the founder of Operation World If all the desires, requests and goals expressed throughout this website were to be implemented it would radically change the nations of this world. Wars would be ended, ethnic hatreds tamed, politicians become honest, ecological restoration begun, HIV/AIDS halted, poverty reduced. The Church of the Lord Jesus […]

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Libya – for the small remnant of the persecuted Church

From a believer working in the region Libya is in the midst of a civil war, which in recent years has become a proxy-conflict involving various foreign powers seeking a foothold in that country.   More than a quarter of the population has fled the war to other lands.   Once a proud, rich, and self-sufficient people, […]

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Lesotho – meeting on the mountain tops to pray

From our contact at an indigenous mission organisation in Lesotho The situation in Lesotho is dire, following the current lockdown, many businesses are closed or forced to operate at limited capacity. Thus many people have lost their means of living, causing families to go without food for days sometimes. Churches are also on 100% restriction. […]

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