Ninety-nine percent of Sri Lankans say that religion is important in their lives, and the most recent civil war speaks to these strongly held beliefs. Despite efforts to preserve their religion and culture, significant increases in alcoholism, suicide, casual violence, and rape reveal a crisis in the belief systems to which Sri Lankans cling. Buddhism, the national religion of Sri Lanka, is protected and promoted, and while freedom of religion is guaranteed by law, violence and persecution against the 8% mostly Catholic Christian minority are not uncommon.

➢ As the number of Christians in Sri Lanka grows, Pray they continue to search for the pearl of great price – the hearts of the Sri Lankan people.
➢ Pray for physical and relational healing after a generation of civil war.
➢ Pray for the freedom of religious expression without proposed anti-conversion laws.
➢ Pray for growth and maturity for the indigenous Church.