Title: The Prayer Needs of Uzbekistan
1The Prayer Needs of Uzbekistan
By Rebecca Russell, 2002 Maranatha SDA School, WI
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2Population 24,756,000 people Major ethnic group
Uzbek (71) Major Religion Sunni Muslim
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3The Adventist Church in the Central Asia
Conference includes the following
countries Kyrgyx Republic Tadjikistan Turkmen
istan and Uzbekistan
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www.adventist.org
4Forty-four Seventh-day Adventist Churches
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5Membership 3,255 people
149.81 growth in one year!
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6Pray for the growing Seventh-day Adventist church
in Uzbekistan and all of Central Asia
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7The U.S. State Department has documented reports
of citizens being tortured,
beaten, and killed
under the guise of
combating terrorism. The violence seems to
be primarily aimed at Muslims. Other people of
conscience have also been jailed and fined.
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www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eur/8366.htm
8Pray for peace in Uzbekistan that its citizens
will be safe in their own homeland. Pray that the
persecution will cease.
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9During the summer of 2002, ADRA is distributing
warm winter clothing to the people living in the
remote mountainous regions of Uzbekistan.
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Information from www.adra.org/ADRANews/062602.htm
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10Pray for the people of Uzbekistan that they will
see Jesus in the ministry of ADRA and other
Christian organizations.
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11Pray that the people of Uzbekistan will come to
know Jesus as their own Friend and Savior.
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