Somalia  

Flag of Somalia Rank: 5  2012 Rank: 4
Score: 74/100
Leader: President Sheikh Ahmed
Government: Islam
Religion: Islam
Population: 10.1 million (A few hundred Christians)

Christian Persecution in SomaliaIt is too dangerous for Christians to meet openly in this strictly Islamic state. Terrorist groups such as al-Shabaab target converts to Christianity and strive to eliminate them. Aid workers, Christian or otherwise, require tight security due to the risk of abduction. The election of a new parliament and president in 2012 created a framework for a more legitimate government. However, for persecuted Christians the future still looks bleak, as the provisional constitution does not allow for religious freedom.

Pray:

• Al-Shabaab, which is backed by al-Qaeda, remains a serious threat. Pray that its influence will diminish

• That Christian radio programs will bring hope to isolated believers and those who are seeking God

• Some of those who have returned to Somalia following the political changes have been exposed to Christianity. Pray this will bring more tolerance towards Christians.

 

 Help Christians where the need is greatest! 

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  • heather

    Praying for Somalis this morn. 2/11/13
    1:11 california, ca USA

  • Victoria WAGNER

    Father God, in Jesus’ Name, please send Your Son and deliver this world from these injustices. Somalia’s muslim leadership is strong because citizens are entrapped in lack of knowledge and are so very uneducated, spirits of “terrible 2s” as seen in babies, imprisoned in the bodies of violent adults armed to their teeth, where killing and maiming don’t even phase them. Oh God help this nation, and let Satan’s house destroy itself to powder in Jesus’ Name, save Your people Lord, Your martyrs. Help Mord, Help!

  • http://www.facebook.com/dojcin.zivadinovic Dojcin Zivadinovic

    Praying for God’s children in Somalia…

  • http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.hiveley Elizabeth Hiveley

    Father of light…shine Your light over this country today Lord.
    Encourage the belivers and bring many more into the kingdom of Your dear Son. Deliver them from this hard oppression. We ask that You do warfare over this nation and stop the many deaths. Encourage the believers through dreams and visions…Heal their wounds and bless them Lord.
    amen and amen

  • nicholette dusseau

    Almighty God creator of heaven and earth, please fill your beliviers with your power, righteousness, peace and love so that you may shine your truth to all who choose to become yours.

  • http://www.facebook.com/misty.sundbeckgallahan Misty Sundbeck Gallahan

    Lord, I come to You today thanking You for the small church that You have raised up for Yourself in Somalia! Lord, I pray that You would intervene and cause the threat and control of Al-Shabaab to diminish in this country. Lord, we know that they only want to destroy Your people and church and we pray that they would lose influence and followers in Somalia. Lord, I ask that You would bless and increase the access and number of people exposed to Christian radio programs. Lord, let this means of technology be a vehicle to increase the church and the number of people who love and follow You. Lord, I pray that those who have been abroad and returned to Somalia would relay their experiences with Christianity and that there would be a new tolerance and more rights and protection for Christians. Lord, let these opportunities for encountering Christ be fruitful! We thank You for answering and hearing our prayers! In the Sweet, Sweet Name of Jesus, Amen!!!!!

  • Bikash

    Our Father in heaven . You do know all this and here we all pray as ur scriptures says in matthew 18:19, in the name of ur beloved son jesus. Please, dismiss the power of evil spirit upon ur childs and let ur light shine over there to all over somaliya. Fill every body with ur holy spirit and give strength to all ur children who are under presecution to sustain in godly. We all believe that u have listen our prayer. In the name of Jesus .Amen

  • Tara Aricha

    I pray that God will protect their faith and srength. I pray they will continue to feel the presence and power of a loving God. I pray God will reach into Somalia and touch the hearts and minds of others in that country. That others will know the power, love and hope of a living God. I pray that God will mount up His children in Somalia and help them run and not grow weary and walk and not grow faint. I pray God will Bless His Children in Somalia in a big way.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mlordi1 Marianne Lordi

    Lord, your purpose and plan for the believers in Somalia will not fail. I pray for them to have the strength to keep in the race and to not lose hope. May you give them all a special joy this day and fill them with your peace. May you meet their needs and help them in their struggles. Father, let your power be known to those who want to persecute them. Give them hope, Lord. And please let them know that there are believers all around the globe who are praying for them. May all glory be to you, Lord Jesus!

  • Phillip

    LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, You are sovereign and in control of all things. You are the creator of heaven and earth, and LORD of all creation. You have called upon the body of CHRIST to stand as one and pray for those who are suffering. I lift up my brother and sisters in Somalia to You in prayer. Protect and strengthen them to be strong in You to be Your witnesses in a land where there is so much darkness and violence. LORD raise up more of Your witnesses to be a light for the people of Somalia, to see Your love, mercy and grace. For it is Your desire for everyone to know YOU for Your salvation to extend to the ends of the earth and be saved through faith in JESUS. Help us to be faithful in standing alongside of our persecuted brothers and sisters. In is for Your praise, glory and honor. In JESUS name we pray, Amen.

  • Marisol Ortega

    Father, in
    Jesus wonderful name and by the sacrifice of His precious blood we ask you Father
    to protect your children in Somalia. May their faith raise big in them. Make
    them know that you are with them at all times. We bind and rebuke the evil
    spirits of death and anarchy in Somalia and ask you Lord to extend your kingdom
    there. We declare that your control, Father, increases and Al-Shabaab decreases
    to nothing. We ask you to bring hope, peace and growth through the Christian radio
    programs there. We ask you to keep edifying your people at all times including
    those that have gone back to Somalia and that have been exposed to
    Christianity. We thank you that your will be done in Somalia and that nothing
    can come against your mighty power. In Jesus Name Amen.

  • http://twitter.com/terrycontreras Terry Contreras

    Praying for Somalia today.

  • Lori Stevens

    Somalia will always hold a special place in my heart as my husband served there with the US military during operation “Restore Hope”. My husband recalls a land with natural beauty filled with man made desolation, destruction, and evil. The US military didn’t succeed in their mission but God never fails! He “Restores Hope” every day. I will continue to pray for Somalia and for the believers suffering there.

  • Amy

    Lord, I come to You this morning on behalf of Somalia. I know, Lord, that in You there is always hope. Even the darkest of times is not lost when You are involved. You promised that although weeping would endure for a night, joy comes in the morning – and I know that Your joy is coming to the nation of Somalia. Thank You for the believers that you have raised up in this nation – even just the four of them. You only needed twelve men to change the world… You can do whatever you want with the smallest amount of people. I pray for these believers that remain – for their protection, for Your supernatural wisdom over them so that they would know when to speak and when to be silent, when to push the gospel and when to hold back. I know that You are more than able to grant that wisdom and to preserve Your church even in the darkest of lands.
    I pray right now and stand with those praying across the country in agreement against Al-Shabaab. I ask that You would take care of this threat against Your people, and that You would not allow this organization to gain any more power. I ask that the persecution of this group against believers would cease in Jesus’ name! I ask that the influence of this group would diminish and even that You would save the members and turn them into powerful forces FOR You and not against You, just as You did with Saul.
    I also lift up all of the Christian radio programs in Somalia. I ask that they would be able to encourage believers who get no fellowship or consistent teaching – let the speakers on the radio be Spirit-led with the topics that they choose to speak on. I also pray that these programs will reach those who have never heard about Jesus or who have dismissed Him, so that those people can have a chance to put their hope and their faith in Him. I ask that You would anoint each speaker and open the hearts of the listeners so that the seeds of Your gospel would be planted in good soil. I ask that You would somehow send people to those who have made confessions of faith in You… that they can be helped to understand the decision that they have made and to learn more about what it means to be Your follower.

    Finally, I pray for the many people who have returned to Somalia after the political changes that have been made. I pray specifically that these people would be exposed to and drawn by Christianity in a way that they would not have been able to have been previously. I pray that You would use any and every circumstance to draw people to Yourself and that hope would come again to Somalia. This is a huge request, but I know that to You it is not huge – as there is nothing impossible for You. I ask all of these things in Jesus’ name, amen.

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  • Jay

    Jesus was the 24th prophet and Mohamed Peace be upon him was the last messenger of God. May god guide those who are none Muslim into the right path of Islam.