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Book Review: The Church: God’s Pilgrim People

For over five decades Operation World has grown from a small paperback reference book to a very researched and statistically heavy encyclopedic work where one can get lost in details, facts, and statistics. Operation World is a monumental contribution, but for the average Christian wanting to deepen one’s prayer life focusing on the word, it can almost be too much. Pray for the World takes the best of Operation World and reshapes it with brief statistics and well-organized, up-to-date prayer requests for each nation. It is designed for prayer at home, small groups, worship in the church, and even to help in prayer meetings, concerts of prayer, and other venues. Countries are listed continent by continent, but the index is helpful to find any country specifically. The text includes South Sudan (60–61) and even Palestine (191). Yet smaller islands are often lumped together as “Pacific Islands,” “African Islands,” and so on. In many cases there are country maps to complement some basic yet important statistics about each country, followed by prayer requests that reflect the ongoing spiritual needs of the people. This book can be used as a mobilizing factor in the calling of the next generation of cross-cultural workers from out of our churches. It can help believers to become committed intercessors for penetration of the light of Christ against the darkness. Just as we are called to pray for workers in the harvest, we also need to pray for those who need Christ. Where Operation World informed the reader about each country, Pray for the World is able to lead the reader in intercessory prayer for the people in each country. As an example of what the text offers,