Tuvalu is one of the smallest and isolated countries in the world, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is a collection of low lying coral islands and could be the first nation to be lost entirely to rising sea levels. Pray for this nation as it faces such an uncertain future and for the believers there, and pray for those in power across the world will remember such countries as they debate global warming.
It was Christian missionaries from the local Cook Islands, through the London Missionary Society, who first brought the Gospel to the Tuvaluan islands. These missionaries established a church on every island – typically the most impressive building on the islands – and to this day churches are revered as holy places. Christianity is universally accepted, and the population is almost all protestant, with a skyrocketing charismatic population and an evangelical population that has more than tripled over the past 17 years. Yet, some syncretism with pre-Christian beliefs remains, and the Tuvalu Christian Church, to which eight out of every nine Tuvaluans belong, faces decline and nominalism. (Prayercast)
• Pray for preservation of Tuvaluan culture as the nation’s existence is challenged by rising seas.
• Pray for quality education for youth who have few career options outside of an unstable fishing industry.
• Pray for God to use these times of environmental and economic uncertainty to draw Christians into stronger relationships with Him.
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