YEMEN
- Pray for peace in this nation.
- Pray for safety and protection for isolated international believers working in various cities in the country.
- Ask God to give wisdom to the UPCI team to know the right time to visit, and for favor and Divine direction with regard to visas, travel, and contacts.
- Declare the love of God for the Yemeni people, both those in Yemen and abroad.
- Pray in faith the scripture that "God is not willing that any Yemeni should perish, but that all Yemeni would come to repentance!
- Ask the Lord to direct the web searches and contacts of underground Yemeni Christians of all groups-may the truly hungry find the full Truth of God's Word and His plan for them!
URGENT REQUEST:
Yemen has fired missiles into Saudi Arabia. Please pray for those affected and for peace to find its way to this region.
FACTS ABOUT YEMEN
Population: 26,737,317 (July 2015 est.)
Religion: Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.)
Languages: Arabic (official)
Ethnic Groups: predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
CITIES WITH POPULATION OVER 100,000
Sanaa
Al Hudaydah
Ta'izz
Aden
Al Mukalia
Ibb
Dhamar
