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Central Africa
Burundi
Cameroon
Central Africa
Republic
Chad
Congo
Equatoral
Guinea
Rwanda
East Africa
Eritera
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
U:ganda
Southern Africa
Angola
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe
West Africa
Burkina Faso
Gote D'Ivorie
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
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Africa
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The Middle East
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Africa is the second
largest continent of the seven continents. It
includes 53 individual countries. It is home to
Africa’s 900 million
people belong to 3,050 ethnic groups and speak more than 1,000
languages. Today many African countries are
facing famine, drought, AIDS and other natural
calamities. Tribal wars have killed millions of
people in Rwanda.
Most African nations suffer from military
dictatorships, corruption, civil unrest, war,
and deep poverty. Hindrances to sharing the
Gospel of Jesus Christ in Africa include
Animism, witchcraft, fetishism, ancestor worship
and idolatry.
Nations for Jesus is privileged to work with the
African church in church planting, leadership
development, literature distribution and
compassion projects.
Do you know?
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More than 900
Million people live in Africa.
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2,110 languages
and dialects are spoken in Africa.
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Africa accounts
for twenty percent of world’s population.
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Africa is the
poorest continent in the world today.
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In North Africa,
there is only one missionary for every two
million people.
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1 out of 10
people are HIV positive.
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There are
approximately 80,000 villages in Africa that
have not heard the good news of Christ.
These villages range from 20 to 20,000
people.
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