• Location: Afghanistan
• Language: Dari Persian
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 10,831,000

Prayer Items

• Ask God to restore political peace and stability to Afghanistan.
• Ask God to call Christian workers trained in the Dari language to take the gospel to the Tajiks and plant strong local churches.
• Pray that relief funds will be available for those living in famine-stricken areas.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
— MATTHEW 25:35

• Location: Algeria
• Language: Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 137,000

Prayer Items

• Algeria is not very welcoming to Christian workers.  Pray for missionaries to be creative in sharing the gospel with the Tuareg and Algerian people.
• Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of Muslim tribes.  Pray that they will receive the gospel.
• Pray for the few Tuareg believers to reflect Christ and the gospel in their communities.

Through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations. —ROMANS 1:5

• Location: Bangladesh/South Asia
• Language: Bengali
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 125,776,000

Prayer Items:

• Ask the Lord to open the harts of the Shaikhs so they will receive the good news of Jesus Christ.
• Pray for a disciple-making movement that will bless the Shaikhs within this decade.
• Pray for the Lord to send faithful workers to the Shaikhs to tell them about Jesus.

That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
— 1 KINGS 8:60

• Location: China
• Language: Mandarin
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 13,917,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray that the Hui people will have a hunger for spiritual truth that will lead them to seek and find Christ with their Christian neighbors.
• Pray for the Chinese believers to do whatever it takes to introduce Jesus Christ to the Muslim Hui people.
• Pray for a disciple-making movement to flourish among the Hui people.

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
— PSALM 145:18

• Location: China
• Language Kazakh
• Religion: Islam
• Population 1,887,000

Prayer Items

• Ask the Lord to send long-term laborers to live among Kazakhs and share the love of Christ with them.
• Ask the Holy Spirit to open the hearts of the Kazakhs towards Christians so that they will be receptive to the gospel.
• Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among Kazakhs.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.
— EPHESIANS 3:20

• Location: China
• Language: Monolian, Peripheral
• Religion: Buddhism; forces of nature
• Population: 5,655,000

Prayer Items:

• There are an unconfirmed number of Christian Mongols. Pray for these believers to share the gospel with non-believers, and to stand firm in their faith and trust in God.
• Pray for God to help the Mongolians through harsh winters. Pray that Mongolians can experience spiritual warmth from God’s love and grace.
• Many Mongols worship forces of nature (such as the moon, stars, sun, and rivers). Pray that God can reveal Himself to the Mongols as the one true God.

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
— DEUTERONOMY 31:6

• Location: China
• Language: Uyghur
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 11,921,000

Prayer Items

• Pray that Han Chinese believers can lead the way and show the compassion of Christ to the Uyghurs.
• Today, over one million Uyghurs are being detained and placed in internment camps.  Pray for protection over the Uyghur men, women, and children in these camps.
• Pray for Uyghurs to find Jesus in their pain and that God would use this very suffering to lead them to the kingdom.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.
— EPHESIANS 3:20

• Location: India
• Language: Urdu
• Religion: Islam (Sunni)
• Population: 10,700,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray that God would send Indian followers of Jesus to their Ansari neighbors to share with them the good news.
• Pray for a disciple-making movement among them this decade.
• Pray for good schools so that Ansari children can get an education that helps to lift them out of poverty.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
— 1 JOHN 1:7

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 29,240,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray for the salvation of these people and that God may send several Christian workers among them and meet their spiritual and physical needs. 
• Pray for developmental and literacy programs.
• Pray for a spiritual hunger in the Baniyan and Vanian community that will lead them to Christ.

Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’
— ROMANS 9:25

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 59,134,000

Prayer Items:

• Brahmins are seen as knowledgeable and enlightened; pray for the light of the gospel to bring the knowledge of Christ to them in India.
• Pray for wisdom for disciples of Jesus who befriend and share their faith with Brahmins.
• Pray that the true God will reveal Himself to this community and use brahmins to preach and teach about Jesus Christ.

And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”
— MATTHEW 25:40

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 11,993,000

Prayer Items

• Since many of their professions are going out of business, pray for the Dhobi people to gain access to better education and new skills in the modern world.
• Pray that the Dhobi people will hear the gospel and that only Jesus Christ can wash away their sins.
• Pray that the Holy Spirit will give the Dhobi people spiritual hunger that they will not be satisfied until they taste and see that the Lord is good.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
— PSALM 67:3

Quick Facts

• Location: India
• Language: Punjabi, Western
• Religion: Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam
• Population: 29,863,000

Prayer Items

• Pray that Christian doctors, nurses, and humanitarian aid workers will have opportunities to share the love of Jesus.
• Ask the Lord to bring forth growing churches among the Jats for the glory of His name.
• Pray that churches and mission organizations will accept the challenge of adopting and reaching the Jats.

When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

— ACTS 11:18

• Location: India
• Language: Telugu
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 15,424,000

Prayer items:

• Ask the Lord to send Indian believers to the Kapu to tell them about Jesus Christ
• Pray that the spiritual and physical needs of the Kapu are met by Jesus Christ
• Pray that God will open the minds and hearts of the Kapu to the truth of the Bible and reveal Himself as the one true God.

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
— REVELATION 11:15

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 15,375,000

Prayer Items

• Pray for a spiritual hunger in the Kumhar community that will lead them to Christ.
• Pray for a disciple-making movement that will bless the Kumhar this decade.
• Pray for the Lord to send out teams of workers to help the Kumhar people with their spiritual and physical needs.

O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
— JEREMIAH 18:6

• Location: India
• Language: Gujarati
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 18,499,000

Prayer Items

• Pray for salvation of the Kunbi people and that God may meet their spiritual and physical needs.
• Pray for the Kunbi Christians to reach out to their own people.
• Pray that their men and women may give up smoking.

Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.
— HABAKKUK 1:5

• Location: India
• Language: Marathi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 13,159,000

Prayer Items

• Pray that the Mahratta people can find hope and receive the free gift of the gospel.
• Pray for God to turn the Mahratta people away from worshiping false idols.
• Mahrattas are part of the upper rural class and they often look down on other casts.  Pray that Mahrattas can experience God's love and grace. 

Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.
— PSALM 12:5

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 11,933,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray for Indian believers to build friendships with the Nai and tell them about the Savior.
• Pray for a disciple-making movement that will bless the Nai people this decade.
• Many Nai do not know how to read, so pray for access to Biblical audio materials.

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. — LUKE 12:7

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 45,611,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray for the Rajput community to increase their awareness of Jesus and need for Him.
• Pray that the Lord will give Rajputs a spiritual hunger and that only He can fill.
• Pray that Rajputs will understand the value of becoming a part of God's royal family.

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
— EPHESIANS 3:8

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 18,839,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray that the Holy Spirit would lead Teli community leaders to open the doors for their people to follow Jesus.
• Pray that believers will reach out to this people groups with the blessings of Christ.
• Pray for the Lord to raise up Teli believers who will disciple others and begin the process of starting a disciple-making movement among this people group.

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
— 1 JOHN 4:16

• Location: India
• Language: Hindi
• Religion: Hinduism
• Population: 58,642,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray for missionaries to pioneer new ministries among the Yadav people.
• Pray for literacy and community development work.
• Pray for the practice of child labor to hand and for education to be made available to all children, especially girls.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
— MATTHEW 9:37-38

• Location: Malaysia
• Language: English, Malay
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 13,192,000

Prayer Items:

• Ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers to work among each Malay group.
• Ask the Holy Spirit to grant wisdom and favor to mission agencies focusing on the Malay.
• Pray that God will give the small number of Malay believers boldness to share Christ with their own people.

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
— PSALM 96:7

• Location: Morocco
• Language: Arabic, Moroccan spoken
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 24,221,000

Prayer Items:

• Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of Moroccan Arabs so that they will be receptive to the Gospel.
• Pray that God will call forth teams of intercessors who will faithfully stand in the gap for Moroccan Arabs.
• Ask God to give Moroccan Arab believers boldness to share the love of Christ with their friends and families.

And that repentance and the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
— LUKE 24:47

• Location: Myanmar (Burma)
• Language: Rakhine, Burmese
• Religion: Buddhism
• Population: 2,718,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray that the Rakhine people will be able to adequately use the Burmese Bible for written literature.
• Pray that evangelistic materials in the Rakhine language will be produced.
• Pray for a spiritual hunger in the Rakhine community that will lead them to Christ.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! — 1 CHRONICLES 16:24

• Location: Nigeria
• Language: Fulfulde
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 30,453,000

Prayer Points:

• Pray that the few Fulani believers would be sent teachers to help them become well established in their faith.
• Pray for the believers would find each other in order to fellowship together, and that they would learn to live in the power of Christ's Spirit, experiencing His fruit consistently.
• Pray the Fulani will be able to care adequately for thir families and that they will be better prepared for the rapidly changing conditions of the 21st century.

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
— HABAKKUK 2:14

• Location: Pakistan
• Language: Punjabi, Western
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 9,830,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray that the Almighty God will lead faithful workers to take the message of salvation to the Arain people in Pakistan.
• Pray that the Arain people in Pakistan will soon be discipled in the ways of Jesus.
• Pray for a spiritual dissatisfaction with Islam and a willingness to investigate the claims of Jesus Christ.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. — ISAIAH 9:2

• Location: Pakistan
• Language: Pashto, Northern
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 26,061,000

Prayer Items: 

• Pray for Pashtuns to find true hope and salvation through Jesus Christ.
• Pray for believers to persevere in persecution so that their lives can be a witness for God.
• Pray for the Bible translations that are in progress.

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

— DANIEL 12:3

• Location: Senegal
• Language: Wolof
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 6,331,500

Prayer Items

• Pray for the small number of Wolof believers to have the courage to share the love of Christ with their own people and be strong through persecution.
• Ask the Lord to give the Wolof believers opportunities to share the love of Christ with their own people.
• Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among the Wolof.

All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
— PSALM 86:9

• Location: Turkey
• Language: Turkish
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 56,199,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray that churches and mission organizations will accept the challenge of reaching the Turks.
• Ask God to give Turkish believers and key leaders among the Turks boldness to share the gospel with their own people.
• Pray that Turkey will avoid both ethnic strife (especially with the Kurds) and resurgent Muslim fundamentalism.

For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory.

— ISAIAH 66:18

• Location: Uzbekistan 
• Language: Uzbek
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 35,857,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray that new Uzbek Christians would understand God’s Word quickly and commit themselves to a local fellowship where they will find strength.
• Pray for God to raise up strong local churches in all these countries among the Uzbeks.
• Ask the Lord to send additional long-term laborers to live among the Uzbeks and share the love of Christ with them.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

— 2 PETER 3:9

• Location: Yemen
• Langauge: Arabic, Sanaani spoken
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 12,111,111

Prayer Items:

• Pray for a written Bible translation in Sanaani Arabic. There are a few audio resources, but the Saudi government severely restricts the Internet.
• Pray for a move of the Holy Spirit that will give Northern Yemenis a willingness to embrace Jesus Christ as Lord and savior so that they depend on Him alone for salvation.
• Pray for a disciple making movement among Northern Yemenis in Saudi Arabia that will spread to their homeland in Yemen.

Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way.
— ISAIAH 57:14

• Location: Russia
• Language: Chechen
• Religion: Islam
• Population: 1,454,000

Prayer Items:

• Pray for the endurance and protection of the few known Chechen believers.
• Pray for political stability in the area where the Chechens and Ingush live.
• Ask the Lord to tear down barriers to the gospel so that Christian workers who live and work among the Chechens will see fruit.

Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

— REVELATION 22:2