Belarus
Republic of Belarus - Europe
Landlocked; fertile agricultural land with extensive forests on the North European plains. Surrounded by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Smallest of the three Slavic nations of the former USSR.
Area: 207, 600 sq km
Population: 9, 587, 940
Annual Growth: -0.47%
Capital: Minsk
Urbanites: 74.3%
Peoples: 28 (18% unreached) Unreached Peoples Prayer Card
Official language: Belarusian and Russian; the latter is more widely used
Languages: 11
Largest Religion: Christian (70.53%) This number includes Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, etc. Only 1.3% are Evangelical Christian.
Answer to Prayer:
The believing Church in Belarus is growing, even as Belarus’s overall population slides downward. Much of the growth occurs in the context of persecution and state hostility, and often believers must meet in difficult circumstances. But the Church is definitely increasing in numbers, in maturity and in confidence.
Challenge for Prayer:
The cultural and political dominance by Russia and Poland lasted for many centuries. Belarus itself lacks, to some degree, its own identity. Pray for a truly indigenous expression of Belarusian Christianity to develop and then spread using all methods: church services, theological education, literature, broadcasting.
Landlocked; fertile agricultural land with extensive forests on the North European plains. Surrounded by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Smallest of the three Slavic nations of the former USSR.
Area: 207, 600 sq km
Population: 9, 587, 940
Annual Growth: -0.47%
Capital: Minsk
Urbanites: 74.3%
Peoples: 28 (18% unreached) Unreached Peoples Prayer Card
Official language: Belarusian and Russian; the latter is more widely used
Languages: 11
Largest Religion: Christian (70.53%) This number includes Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, etc. Only 1.3% are Evangelical Christian.
Answer to Prayer:
The believing Church in Belarus is growing, even as Belarus’s overall population slides downward. Much of the growth occurs in the context of persecution and state hostility, and often believers must meet in difficult circumstances. But the Church is definitely increasing in numbers, in maturity and in confidence.
Challenge for Prayer:
The cultural and political dominance by Russia and Poland lasted for many centuries. Belarus itself lacks, to some degree, its own identity. Pray for a truly indigenous expression of Belarusian Christianity to develop and then spread using all methods: church services, theological education, literature, broadcasting.
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