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Phil Burgess There are over 250 language groups in Cameroon. The Mbudum area in northern Cameroon is composed of Christians, Muslims and those holding indigenous beliefs.

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Some great specific reminders as we keep our missionaries in prayer!

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Page 1: Missions prayer slides

Phil Burgess•There are over 250 language

groups in Cameroon.

•The Mbudum area in northern

Cameroon is composed of

Christians, Muslims and those

holding indigenous beliefs.

Page 2: Missions prayer slides

The Cooks•Brazil is the world’s fifth largest

country.

•Over 13 million live in the favelas

(slums). Poverty, hopelessness,

crime and disease make these

people hard to reach.

•There are seven million Brazilians

practicing Kardecism (spiritism).

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The Cuthberts• Leadership training through

Horizon International Schools.

• The mission of Horizon

International Schools (HIS) is to

prepare men and women around

the world, in their own language and

culture, for effective ministry.

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The DeKrygers• There is not one mission or

Christian worker focused on

Muslim evangelism among the

700,000 Muslims of Togo.

• 68 acres has been purchased

and 1.5 million given for a hospital

in Mango! Pray for needed works,

water, and surgeons.

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The Dyes•The capital city of Berlin is home to

3.5 million people.

•Over 69% of the old “east

Germany” had no links with any

church.

•Only 5% of the state church

members are active participants in

the life of the church.

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The Floyds•There are over 200 sister churches

in the state of Michigan. At any

given time, many of them are in

transition or crisis.

•There is a need for training and

coordinated church planting and

partnership efforts.

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The Hartwigs•The city of Cairo is home to nearly

14 million people.

•The country is 85% Islamic and

becoming more militant given

current events in the Middle East.

•Two-thirds of all evangelical

churches have no pastor.

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The Jenkins•“The nonchurched population of

America would be equivalent to the

11th largest nation in the world –

larger than any nation in Europe,

three times the population of

Canada, more than double the

population of California.” (Barna)

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The Jones

• Milan, Italy is a city of 3.8 million

people.

• Most Italians are Roman Catholic

in culture but deeply cynical about

the Church.

•There is a great need for mature

Italian Christian leaders.

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The Kaisers•Many believers have been

persecuted in Turkey simply

because they have converted from

Islam.

•The St. Paul Cultural Center

provides a place where Muslims can

come seek answers about the Bible.

•They center is currently closed

because of beauracracy and

disputes with the architect.

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Lincoln Lake Baptist Youth Camp

• Jim Lockwood is the executive

director of the camp.

• There are currently 1 billion

teenagers in the world.

• One-sixth of the world’s population

is between 15-19.

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The Marshalls•There are 56 million people in

France. Over 43 million have no

link with a Christian church.

•France has the third largest Jewish

population in the world with 320,000

in Paris alone.

•There are 68 universities with

1,300,000 students.

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Northeast India Baptist Bible College

•In 2020 India will become the most

populous country in the world with

nearly 1.3 billion people.

•About 80% of Christians are of

lower caste and/or tribal origin.

•The Muslim minority of

110,000,000 is one of the world's

largest and most accessible Muslim

communities.

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The Postemas• Romanian Camp Ministry

• They are training staff and

resourcing churches.

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The Rickards• Dale is the current executive

director for Global Recordings

Network (GRN).

• The priority of GRN is to provide

evangelism and discipleship

messages for oral communicators

and unreached people groups that

have no other means of hearing

the good news in their own

language.

• They specialize in smaller

language groups where Bible

translation work is often cost-

prohibitive.

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Delores Woods•There are 150,000 Jews in Sao

Paulo.

•There are over 18 million people in

the capital city of Sao Paulo.

•The economy is extremely volatile.