URGENT: Philippines Spotlight

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Where We Work Philippines

Philippines

Country Profile and Radical's Work

Stratus Index
90
Religion
Christianity
Literacy Rate
96.3%
People Groups
200
Unreached People Groups
30
Population unreached
5,427,379

Climate: Tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)

Terrain: Mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands

Environment Issues: Uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; illegal mining and logging; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds; coastal erosion; dynamite fishing; wildlife extinction

Languages: Tagalog 39.9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 16%, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo 7.3%, Ilocano 7.1%, Cebuano 6.5%, Bikol/Bicol 3.9%, Waray 2.6%, Kapampangan 2.4%, Maguindanao 1.4%, Pangasinan/Panggalato 1.3%, other languages/dialects 11.2%, unspecified 0.4% (2020 est.)

Government Type: Presidential Republic

How to Pray

01
Pray for an end to human trafficking, for freedom for the oppressed, and for government officials and community leaders to fight for justice for victims.
02
Pray for access to supplies for basic human needs like clean drinking water, food, and shelter. Pray that Christians and churches in the Philippines would compassionately care for those in need around them and would share the love of Jesus with them.
03
Pray for Christians to grow as disciples and for future church leaders to be raised up and prepared for ministry.
04

Unreached people groups live in areas where Christ is unknown and there is little to no local church presence.

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