Operation World: When We Pray God Works

by Johnstone, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781850783572
• ISBN10: 1850783578
• Edition: 21st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Send the Light

Summary

Operation World is the definitive prayer handbook and reference guide. Packed with informative and inspiring fuel for prayer about every country of the world, it is essential for anybody who wants to make a difference. It was the winner of the 2002 Gold Medallion Book Award and has been quoted in numerous journals and articles. It contains information for all the continents and every country in the world.

Table of Contents

Preface	x
The Ethos of Operation World	xii
Prayer and world evangelization	xiii
How to use Operation World	xv
The Operation World CD	xvii
Explanation of the statistics and abbreviations	xviii
Prayer Calendar	xxii
Regions
The World - Introduction and Map	1	(17)
Africa - Introduction and Map	18	(11)
Americas, The - Introduction and Map	29	(10)
Asia - Introduction and Map	39	(10)
Europe - Introduction and Map	49	(7)
Pacific - Introduction and Map	56	(5)
COUNTRIES
Bold Capitals - Continents including both maps and introductions - see REGIONS
Bold lower case - states and territories included in the main body of the book
Lower case - an alternative or commonly used name. The name used in the book follows in bold type
Lower case italics - either a name no longer used or a territory that has been absorbed by the state which follows it in bold
Afghanistan	61	(2)
Albania	63	(3)
Algeria	66	(3)
American Samoa	69	(1)
Andorra	70	(1)
Angola	71	(3)
Anguilla	74	(1)
Antigua & Barbuda	75	(1)
Argentina	76	(3)
Armenia	79	(3)
Aruba	82	(1)
Australia	83	(3)
Austria	86	(3)
Azerbaijan	89	(2)
Bahamas, The	91	(1)
Bahrain	92	(2)
Bangladesh	94	(4)
Barbados	98	(1)
Belarus	99	(2)
Belau see Palau
Belgium	101	(3)
Belize	104	(2)
Benin	106	(3)
Bermuda	109	(1)
Bhutan	110	(1)
Bolivia	111	(4)
Bosnia	115	(2)
Botswana	117	(2)
Bougainville see under Papua New Guinea
Brazil	119	(5)
Britain see United Kingdom
British Indian Ocean Territory	124	(1)
British Virgin Islands	125	(1)
Brunei	126	(1)
Bulgaria	127	(4)
Burkina Faso	131	(3)
Burma now Myanmar
Burundi	134	(3)
Byelorussia see Belarus
Cambodia	137	(3)
Cameroon	140	(3)
Canada	143	(4)
Canary Islands see under Spain
Cape Verde Islands	147	(1)
Caribbean see Americas, The
Caroline Islands see Micronesia
Cayman Islands	148	(1)
Central African Republic	149	(3)
Chad	152	(3)
Channel Islands see under United Kingdom
Chile	155	(4)
China, People's Republic of	159	(22)
China, Hong Kong	181	(3)
China, Macau	184	(2)
China, Taiwan	186	(3)
Christmas Island see under Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Island see under Australia
Colombia	189	(4)
Comoro Islands	193	(2)
Congo (Brazzaville)	195	(2)
Congo-DRC (Kinshasa)	197	(6)
Cook Islands	203	(2)
Costa Rica	205	(3)
Cote d'Ivoire	208	(4)
Croatia	212	(2)
Cuba	214	(3)
Cyprus	217	(2)
Czech Republic	219	(4)
Czechoslovakia now Czech Republic and Slovakia
Denmark	223	(1)
Djibouti	224	(2)
Dominica	226	(1)
Dominican Republic	227	(3)
East Germany see Germany
East Timor see Timor Lorosae
Eastern Samoa see American Samoa
Ecuador	230	(3)
Egypt	233	(3)
Eire see Ireland
El Salvador	236	(2)
England see United Kingdom
Equatorial Guinea	238	(2)
Eritrea	240	(2)
Estonia	242	(1)
Ethiopia	243	(4)
Eurasia see Europe and Asia
Faeroe Islands	247	(1)
Falkland Islands	248	(1)
Fiji	249	(3)
Finland	252	(2)
France	254	(5)
French Guiana	259	(2)
French Polynesia	261	(1)
Gabon	262	(3)
Gambia, The	265	(2)
Gaza Strip see Palestine
Georgia	267	(2)
Germany	269	(5)
Ghana	274	(4)
Gibraltar	278	(1)
Gilbert Islands see Kiribati
Great Britain see United Kingdom
Greece	279	(3)
Greenland	282	(1)
Grenada	283	(1)
Guadeloupe	284	(2)
Guam	286	(1)
Guatemala	287	(3)
Guinea	290	(3)
Guinea-Bissau	293	(3)
Guyana	296	(2)
Haiti	298	(3)
Holland see Netherlands
Holy See, The (Vatican City State)	301	(1)
Honduras	302	(2)
Hong Kong see China, Hong Kong
Hungary	304	(3)
Iceland	307	(2)
India	309	(29)
Indonesia	338	(14)
Iran	352	(3)
Iraq	355	(4)
Ireland	359	(2)
Ireland, Northern see under United Kingdom
Irian Jaya now [West] Papua under Indonesia
Isle of Man see under United Kingdom
Israel	361	(3)
Italy	364	(4)
Ivory Coast see Cote d'Ivoire
Jamaica	368	(2)
Jan Mayen Islands see under Norway
Japan	370	(5)
Johnston Island see under Guam
Jordan	375	(2)
Kampuchea now Cambodia
Kashmir see India and Pakistan
Kazakhstan	377	(3)
Kenya	380	(4)
Kirgizia now Kyrgyzstan
Kiribati	384	(1)
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)	385	(1)
Korea, Republic of (South)	386	(4)
Kosovo see under Yugoslavia
Kuwait	390	(2)
Kyrgyzstan	392	(3)
Laos	395	(2)
Latin America see Americas, The
Latvia	397	(2)
Lebanon	399	(4)
Leeward Islands see Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts, etc.
Lesotho	403	(2)
Liberia	405	(3)
Libya	408	(2)
Liechtenstein	410	(1)
Lithuania	411	(2)
Luxembourg	413	(1)
Macau see China, Macau
Macedonia	414	(2)
Madagascar	416	(3)
Malawi	419	(3)
Malaysia	422	(5)
Maldives	427	(1)
Mali	428	(3)
Malta	431	(1)
Malvinas, Islas see Falkand Islands
Marshall Islands see under Micronesia
Martinique	432	(2)
Mauritania	434	(2)
Mauritius	436	(2)
Mayotte see under Comoro Islands
Mexico	438	(5)
Micronesia, Federated States of	443	(5)
Middle East see Asia and Africa
Midway Island see under Guam
Moldova (Moldavia)	448	(2)
Monaco	450	(1)
Mongolia	451	(3)
Montenegro see Yugoslavia
Montserrat	454	(1)
Morocco	455	(3)
Mozambique	458	(4)
Myanmar	462	(3)
Namibia	465	(3)
Nauru	468	(1)
Nepal	469	(4)
Netherlands	473	(3)
Netherlands Antilles	476	(2)
New Caledonia	478	(1)
New Guinea see Papua New Guinea and [West] Papua under Indonesia
New Zealand	479	(3)
Nicaragua	482	(3)
Niger	485	(2)
Nigeria	487	(9)
Niue see under Cook Islands
Norfolk Island see under Australia
North America see Americas, The
North Korea see Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Northern Cyprus see Cyprus
Northern Mariana Islands see under Micronesia
Norway	496	(2)
Oman	498	(2)
Pakistan	500	(4)
Palau see under Micronesia
Palestine	504	(2)
Panama	506	(3)
Papua New Guinea	509	(4)
Paraguay	513
Persecution Index	222	(294)
Peru	516	(4)
Philippines	520	(6)
Pitcairn Island see under Cook Islands
Poland	526	(2)
Portugal	528	(3)
Puerto Rico	531	(1)
Qatar	532	(2)
Reunion	534	(1)
Romania	535	(4)
Russia	539	(11)
Rwanda	550	(3)
Sahara, Western see under Morocco
Samoa	553	(1)
San Marino	554	(1)
Sao Tome & Principe	555	(1)
Saudi Arabia	556	(2)
Scotland see under United Kingdom Senegal	558	(3)
Serbia see Yugoslavia Seychelles	561	(2)
Sierra Leone	563	(3)
Singapore	566	(3)
Slovakia	569	(2)
Slovenia	571	(1)
Solomon Islands	572	(2)
Somalia	574	(2)
Somaliland see Somalia
South Africa	576	(6)
South America see Americas, The South Korea see Korea, Republic of Soviet Union see separate states
Spain	582	(4)
Spanish North Africa see Spain
Spanish Sahara see Western Sahara under Morocco
Sri Lanka	586	(5)
St Helena	591	(1)
St Kitts & Nevis	592	(1)
St Lucia	593	(1)
St Pierre & Miquelon	594	(1)
St Vincent	595	(1)
Sudan	596	(4)
Suriname	600	(2)
Svalbard Islands see under Norway
Swaziland	602	(3)
Sweden	605	(2)
Switzerland	607	(3)
Syria	610	(2)
Taiwan see China, Taiwan Tajikistan	612	(3)
Tanzania	615	(3)
Thailand	618	(4)
Tibet see under China, People's Republic of Timor Lorosae	622	(2)
Togo	624	(3)
Tokelau see under Cook Islands Tonga	627	(2)
Trinidad & Tobago	629	(2)
Tunisia	631	(2)
Turkey	633	(4)
Turkmenistan	637	(2)
Turks & Caicos Islands	639	(1)
Tuvalu	640	(1)
UAE see United Arab Emirates Uganda	641	(3)
UK see United Kingdom
Ukraine	644	(3)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics see separate states
United Arab Emirates	647	(2)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	649	(8)
United States of America	657	(7)
Uruguay	664	(2)
US Virgin Islands see Virgin Islands of the USA
USA see United States of America
USSR see separate states
Uzbekistan	666	(3)
Vanuatu	669	(2)
Vatican City State see Holy See, The Venezuela	671	(4)
Vietnam	675	(3)
Virgin Islands see British Virgin Islands and Virgin Islands of the USA
Virgin Islands of the USA	678	(1)
Wake Island see under Guam
Wallis and Futuna Islands	679	(1)
Wales see under United Kingdom
West Bank see Palestine
Western Sahara see under Morocco
Western Samoa see Samoa
Windward Islands see Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, etc.
Yemen	680	(2)
Yemen, North see Yemen
Yemen, South (Aden) see Yemen
Yugoslavia	682	(3)
Zaire see Congo-DRC
Zambia	685	(3)
Zimbabwe	688	(79)
Note:
Territories without permanent inhabitants have not been listed - including Antarctica
States under the occupation or jurisdiction of other states are included under the latter. For instance, the Western Sahara is under Morocco; Hong Kong is under China; Kosovo is under Yugoslavia. This is to represent the de facto situation and is not an expression of a political opinion
Specialized Ministries
These are included in the prayer calendar for the last three weeks of December. The following have been selected from the many ministries and specific outreaches which operate worldwide
Audio Cassette Tape Ministries	693	(1)
Christian Radio	694	(1)
Christian Television	695	(1)
The JESUS film	696	(1)
The Internet	696	(2)
Bible Societies and Bible Translation	698	(1)
Christian Literature	699	(1)
Theological Education by Extension	700	(1)
Bible Correspondence Courses	701	(1)
Relief and Development	701	(1)
Medical Mission Work	702	(1)
Missionary Aviation	703	(1)
Maritime Ministry	704	(1)
Christian Tentmakers	705	(1)
Short-Term Workers	706	(1)
Student Ministries	706	(1)
Ministry to Children	707	(2)
Outreach to Sects or Cults	709	(1)
Urban Evangelization	710	(1)
International Cooperation	711	(1)
Operation World	712	(1)
The Lord's Return	713	(2)
Appendices
1 Leaders of the World's Nations	715	(5)
2 Further prayer information
a) Publications	720	(2)
b) Internet websites	722	(8)
c) International prayer networks	730	(1)
Agencies (selected)
a) Interdenominational Inter-mission Agencies	731	(2)
b) Mission agency addresses and websites	733	(10)
c) Mission agency statistics	743	(4)
The World's Missionary Force	747	(6)
Abbreviations	753	(2)
Definitions	755	(5)
Operation World database	760	(3)
Statistical Sources	763	(2)
Other Operation World Resources	765	(2)
Index
Peoples	767	(21)
Places	788