PRAYER POINTS

Pray that as legality is pursued, the right connections will be made, and the representatives would have divine favor.

Pray that contacts made will become converts and UPCI churches will be planted in this nation.

Pray as people convert to the ONE God Apostolic believers, that God would protect them from persecution.

Bind the spirits of hatred, oppression, strife, deception, and murder. Pray that the Love of God would permeate Iraq and they would be released from fear.

FACTS ABOUT IRAQ

Population: 37,056,169

Religion: Muslim (official) 99% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian 0.8%, Hindu <.1, Buddhist <.1, Jewish <.1, folk religion <.1, unafilliated .1, other <.1

note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50 percent since the fall of the Saddam HUSSEIN regime in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon (2010 est.)

Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect) and Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic) are official in areas where they constitute a majority of the population), Armenian

Ethnic Groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%

CITIES WITH OVER 100,000

Baghdad

Al Basrah

Al Mawsil al Jadidah

Al Basrah al Qadimah

Mosul

Erbil

Abu Ghurayb

As Sulaymaniyah

Kirkuk

An Najaf

Karbala

An Nasiriyah

Al "Amarah

Ad Diwaniyah

Al Kut

Al Hillah

Dihok

Ramadi

Al Fallujah

Samarra

As Samawah

Bar

Sinah

Az Zubayr

Kufa

Umm Qasr

Al Faw