Join me in praying for the Pacific: Geography Area: 8,515,800 sq km 6.3% of the world’s land surface. There are 25,000 islands scattered over 88 million sq km of ocean; this is larger than the combined areas of Africa, Asia and Europe. It comprises one continent (Australia), two large land masses (New Zealand and Papua New Guinea [PNG]) and 26 smaller island states and territories. The smallest territories are grouped with related states in the country section: Christmas Is, Cocos Is, Norfolk Is with Australia; Johnston Is, Midway Is, Wake Is with Guam; Niue, Pitcairn Is and Tokelau with Cook Islands. Population: 35,838,336 Annual Growth: 1.30% Urbanites: 70% Peoples Languages: 1,250 Religion Largest Religion: Christian Religion Pop % Ann Gr Christians 26,526,812 74.02 0.9 Evangelicals 6,382,078 17.8 1.7 Answer to Prayer Renewal of the Pacific Islands vision for mission and prayer. The South Pacific Prayer Assembly and Deep Sea Canoe Movement are recapturing this great 19th Century heritage. In recent years, New Zealand has had a good record in sending out missionaries. Other nations such as Fiji and PNG are seeing more significant sending movements occur.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 07:42:34 +0000
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