Praying for the Nations

Republic of Guatemala / Latin America

pray for: Guatemala

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Watch and Pray:

Geography:

A land of mountains, volcanoes and lakes. Mexico’s southern neighbor.

 

Population: 14,376,881

Capital: Guatemala City

Urbanites: 49.5%

HDI Rank: 122 of 182

People:

Peoples: 60 (2% unreached)
All peoples / Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

 

Official language: Spanish; 23 recognized Amerindian languages
Languages: 42
All languages

Religion:

Largest Religion: Christian
Religion Pop %
Christians 96.12
Evangelicals 24.4

Challenges for Prayer:

Mayan culture is enjoying a renaissance after the rediscovery of their ancient civilization. For some, this is a resurrection of the old, long-submerged Mayan religion, but to others, it is a blossoming of indigenous Christianity aided by the many new translations of the Bible in indigenous languages. There are church-planting movements among many groups, most notably the Kekchi (Baptists and Mennonites). CAMI, CoN and Mennonites also work among Mayan peoples. There has been outreach to every tribe. Pray for these churches to become mature, effectively led and a vital contribution to the Church in the nation.

 

Bible translation. SIL made a significant contribution to 38 Amerindian peoples in overseeing NT translations for many of them. National believers now carry the torch for most or all of the dozen remaining translation projects. Pray for the successful completion and effective use of these translations.

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