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Praying for peace – and an end to the war – in Ukraine

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, […]

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A Clarion Call to Missions from a Century Ago

John P Jones was a Welsh-born Congregationalist missionary who served in India for many years around the turn of the 20th Century. He was involved and influential in the epochal 1910 World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh. Looking for a particular quote in a digital copy of his world The Missionary Problem (also written in 1910), […]

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Sudan: A Catastrophe Ignored

With the eyes of the world focused on Gaza and Israel, and with so much energy expended globally on protests and arguments (along with counter-protests and counter-arguments), the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Sudan, fuelled by war and violence, is largely being ignored. There are several reasons why I believe this is so. Many Christians are […]

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Praying for Pakistan – Jaranwala Attacks

On 16 August, a mob of Muslims attacked churches and Christian homes in Jaranwala, a district of the city of Faisalabad in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Local clerics mobilized crowds of men and boys following allegations against two Christians accused of desecrating the Quran. Pakistan’s volatile and violent religious environment, exacerbated by the rise of Islamist […]

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Out of date? Yes, we know!

Greetings friends, users, readers, critics, and intercessors! We bless you in the name of Jesus. Thank you for joining us in unceasing prayer for the nations. We get many emails coming to us through our website that range from spam (plenty of that!) to encouragement, from pointed criticism to requests for help, from ministry invitations […]

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An Online Operation World Prayer Meeting?

Did you know that Operation World has been hosting an online prayer time every week for the last two years? After a brief pause, we are looking at resuming this – but with some changes. We wanted to hear from our user community (that’s you!) about what you might be looking for in such a […]

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Open Doors World Watch List 2023

Every year, Open Doors (founded by Brother Andrew) publishes a list of the 50 countries where persecution of Christians is most intense. It also offers ways to pray for our sisters and brothers in Christ who are under threat in those countries. The 2023 version of the World Watch List was released this week. Check […]

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Praying for the Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim worlds…in Ukrainian and Russian!

One of our Operation World team members was involved in the translation/creation of these prayer guides. Despite the tragic war, there are still many Russian & Ukrainian speakers in that region and around the world who would be delighted to know of these guides. As in English, they are to help Christians understand those worlds […]

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Praying for the Buddhist World

We hope that you had a blessed 2022. May 2023 will be a year where you experience a greater sense of the Lord’s greatness, and gain more of the Lord’s heart for the nations! This year starts off with an initiative from some friends in the global prayer community. From January 2-21, believers are engaging […]

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Prayer for Burkina Faso

On Monday, March 21, we prayed for Burkina Faso online with brothers and sisters from around the world using the following platform: www.tinyurl.com/joinGFP2022. We do this for a different country every Monday at 9AM Eastern/2PM UK/10PM Korea. These prayer points come from a Christian leader in Burkina Faso, who was kind enough to share with […]

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