Praying for the Continents
“For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea. Hab 2:14
Let us Pray for each Continent to be touched by Revival! Please read and pray the details of population, religions, the unreached and the Nations.
Asia
Population: 4,679,660,580
48 Countries.
The largest continent with 30% of the landmass and 60% of its population.
Christians: 8.83% Evangelicals 3.5%
Major Religious Groups: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Shintoism, Daoism, Animists.
- Largest Religion: Islam – 26.4% 1.1 billion.
- 26 Countries with Moslem majority with a high level of persecution against Christians.
- Hindus: 950 Million. Violent opposition to Christian ministries by Extreme Hindu groups.
- Buddhists: 470-920 million. Reacting to Christian ministries in Buddhist nations.
- Associated with ethnic religions Daoism, Shintoism, Shamanism and others is the majority in 13 Asian countries.
Largest Nations:
| Country | 2022 Population |
| China | 1,439,323,776 |
| India | 1,380,004,385 |
| Indonesia | 273,523,615 |
| Pakistan | 220,892,340 |
| Bangladesh | 164,689,383 |
| Japan | 126,476,461 |
| Philippines | 109,581,078 |
Africa
Population: 1,373,480,428.
54 Countries.
The Second largest Continent.
Christians 48.8% Evangelicals 18%
Christianity is almost half of Africa’s population, two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa. From 1900 to 2010, Christians grew from 9.1% to 48.8%, – from 7.5 million to 504 million. Of the world’s evangelical Christians, over 33% live in Africa.
- Islam is the major challenge for Christianity today — both the 220 million Muslims north and300 million in sub-Saharan Africa.
- The “race” to win peoples to Christ from the traditional religions in West Africa and across the Sahel has largely been lost; most have been Islamized,
- The fault line between Muslim and Christian majority areas.
- Increasing terrorism and violence against Christians by fundamentalist Muslim groups
Largest Nations:
Europe
Population: 747,747,396
44 Countries.
Christian, 71.3 % Evangelical 2.5%
- Europe has the second-smallest landmass, but its people and culture have shaped the entire world.
- Most Nominally Christian and least Evangelical Continent.
- Desperately needs Revival!
- The positive impact of immigrant Believers from other nations.
- As strong national Christian identities erode, evangelicals are in fact growing in maturity, confidence and a sense of their own identity and robust charismatic movements in mainline churches, which are otherwise declining,
- Religious freedom in the former Communist world means the opportunity for Christians to practice their faith publicly
- new expressions of Christian faith emerging in Central and Eastern Europe
Largest Nations:
Praying for the Continents (cont.)
“For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea. Hab 2:14
South
America
Population: 435,492,494
17 Countries.
Christians: 86% Evangelicals 16.8%
50% of World’s Pentecostals in SA.
- The growth of evangelicals in Latin America is spectacular. In 1900, evangelicals numbered about 700,000, or 1% of the population and have now surpassed 100 million, or 16.8% of the population
- People movements are growing among the Amerindians, and Church growth is occurring among Quechua and Aymara churches in the Andes, Mayan peoples in Central America.
- Missions vision has rapidly grown and matured in Latin America.
- From 1987 with around Missions 60 agencies with 1,600 missionaries, it has grown to over 400 agencies representing more than 10,000 missionaries!
- The Latin American AG Nations are sending over 2000 Missionaries to many nations around the World.
Largest Nations:
North
America
Population: 592,296,233. Countries. 6 plus Caribbean nations,
Christians 86% Evangelicals 18%
- North America is a land full of immigrants of every imaginable background,
- The positive spiritual impact of North America, especially the USA, on the world.
- Great evangelists and missionary statesmen who touched the world and the immeasurable effects of writers, speakers, pastors and trainers on the global body of Christ, through training, teaching, discipling and empowering.
- Unstinting generosity in giving – especially mission advances.
- Pray against the rise of anti-Christian secularism and aggressive atheism that seeks to marginalize the Church through control of the media and legislation. The increasing imposition of secularism upon civic, academic and political life,
Largest Nations:
The
Pacific
Population: 43,219,954
- Christian, 74 % Evangelical 17.8%
- The first area to be evangelized in the modern Protestant missionary era.
- By end of the 19th Century, most of the Pacific region had become Christian through the sacrificial labors of early LMS (London Missionary Society), Methodist, Anglican and Pacific Islander missionaries from other nations.
- Great potential to send Missionaries out from the Pacific to the rest of the World.
Largest Nations:
Australia – 29 Million
New Zealand –
24 other Island States with a large Christian population.
Thank you for Walking the World Geographically in Prayer!
NEXT: How Jesus viewed the World through His Mission.
Sources: Operation World, World Population Review, Worldometers, Habitat for Humanity UK, The Guardian, Blessit.com, Nepal & the Gospel of God,
Photo Credit: Travelbite, Britannica, Nationsonline.