Praying
Praying for the 10/40 Window—Unreached People Prayer Cards
Locate the Unreached People Prayer Cards on the Joshua
Project Web site (www.joshuaproject.net/prayer-cards.php).
Learning to Pray for Unengaged Unreached People Groups
Sets of Unreached People prayer cards are available in multiple
(UUPGs)
The following is a list of ideas to help you pray for your
languages (English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese,
Indonesian, Chinese, and Korean). By selecting a country within
people group.
the 10/40 Window, you will see all unreached peoples in that
1. Get to know the group
world area.
The more you know about your people group, the better
Prayer cards are formatted 8 to a page. Printing on a heavy
paper stock gives the best results. Country maps are displayed
you will be able to pray for them. Go to your local library
when no photo is available.
and/or search the Internet to find background information
on your people group. Also, you can scan newspapers for
Prayer Card Display
current events that affect your people group.
Using the theme, “Are We
2. Find time to pray
There Yet?”, a church created
It is often hard to steal a moment of time away from
a unique display in their foyer
to raise the awareness of
daily activities to pray. If you already have a specific time for
missions and the needs of
prayer, add the people group to your list of prayer requests.
unreached people groups to
If you don’t have a time set aside for prayer every day, then
hear the Gospel.
pray when you can.
Prayer cards from the
To help you remember, put a small dot sticker on your
Joshua Project Web site
watch. Every time you check the time and see the sticker,
covered the display. The
say a brief prayer for your people group. Say a prayer for the
cards represented many of
people group at every meal. Or arrive at church early and,
the largest unreached people
while you wait for the service to begin, spend time praying for
groups.
your people group.
Within three weeks, all 307 cards were taken by people
3. Prayer starters
desiring to lift up these neediest unreached people groups in
Here is a list of general prayer requests that can be
prayer. The cards also provided a great resource for personal
devotions or as discussion starters around the dinner table or for
used with any unengaged unreached people group:
small groups. The project helped raise the mission awareness of
the church.
www.joshuaproject.net/presentation-ideas.php
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Pray that the people will hear and accept the Gospel.
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Pray for protection for those who accept Christ.
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Pray for Scriptures to be translated in the language of
the people group.
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Pray for the availability of food, medical supplies
and doctors, electricity, clean water, good roads,
employment, education, freedom from persecution,
economy, etc.
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Pray for the governmental leaders of your people group.
10/40 Window Countries
These are the countries that lie within 10 degrees and 40 degrees north of the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Their presence in the list does not reflect whether the Church of the Nazarene has a presence in that world area or not.
Country Name
Area of the World
Country Name
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Maldives
South Asia
Mali
West Africa
Mauritania
North Africa
Mongolia
North Asia
North Africa
Morocco
Myanmar (Burma)
Southeast Asia
Nepal
South Asia
West Africa
Niger
Nigeria
West Africa
North Korea
East Asia
OmanArabian Peninsula
Pakistan
South Asia
QatarArabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
SenegalWest Africa
SomaliaEast Africa
South Sudan
North Africa
Sri Lanka
South Asia
Sudan
North Africa
Syria
Middle East
TaiwanEast Asia
Tajikistan
Central Asia
Thailand
Southeast Asia
TibetSouth Asia
Tunisia
North Africa
Turkey
SE Europe & SW Asia
Turkmenistan
Central Asia
United Arab Emirates
Arabian Peninsula
Uzbekistan
Central Asia
VietnamSoutheast Asia
Western Sahara
North Africa
YemenArabian Peninsula
Afghanistan
South Asia
AlbaniaSoutheast Europe
Algeria
North Africa
Southwest Asia
Azerbaijan
BahrainArabian Peninsula
Bangladesh
South Asia
BeninWest Africa
BhutanSouth Asia
BruneiSoutheast Asia
Burkina Faso
West Africa
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
ChadCentral Africa
ChinaEast Asia
DjiboutiEast Africa
Timor-Leste
Southeast Asia
Egypt
North Africa
EritreaEast Africa
EthiopiaEast Africa
GambiaWest Africa
Gaza Strip/West Bank Middle East
GuineaWest Africa
Guinea-Bissau
West Africa
IndiaSouth Asia
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Iran
Middle East
Iraq
Middle East
Israel
Middle East
JapanEast Asia
Jordan
Middle East
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
KuwaitArabian Peninsula
Kyrgyzstan
Central Asia
LaosSoutheast Asia
Lebanon
Middle East
North Africa
Libya
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