Côte d'Ivoire: Part 1

Côte d'Ivoire (also known as the Ivory Coast) is located on the west African coast.

This country is one of the world's largest producers of cocoa, coffee, and palm oil.
The government remains receptive to mission activity and development.
Both Islam and Christianity are highly syncretized with African traditional beliefs.
Around 34% of the population are Christians.
42% are Muslim and 24% are Ethnoreligionist.
Within Christianity, 11 % are Protestant and 16% are Catholic.




Answers to Prayer:
1. The establishment of a peace agreement after years of civil war and ceasefires.
2. Continued growth in evangelical churches. There are more than 3,000 churches in Abidjan!
3. The further consolidation of Christian unity.

Things to Pray for:
1. Pray for political leaders who are visionary, non-partisan, and free of corruption.
2. Pray for the fact that Nominalism is common in the Catholic and Methodist denominations.
3. Pray that believers might withstand temptation to revert to old practices of animism.
4. Pray for evangelicals and their ministry.
5. Pray for more knowledge and understanding of the Bible.
6. Pray for the increase of mission personnel.
7. Pray for more missionary training and that God will supply all the needs of the missionaries and that their churches will support them.