The document discusses a global prayer event scheduled for November 10-12, 2012, organized by Wycliffe, highlighting positive developments in Christianity despite challenges. It outlines social trends such as globalization, terrorism, and crime, as well as demographic shifts including population growth and urbanization. The emphasis is on the continued strength and growth of the church, particularly in regions facing persecution.

1. Welcome to PRAY 10 / 11 / 12
November 10th 2012
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2. A changing world, a growing
Church, a developing response.
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3. Prayer for the World
• Some good news:
An unprecedented harvest of new believers
An astonishing shift of Christianity’s centre
of gravity
The strength and growth of the Church in
lands where persecution has occurred or
continues!
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4. Prayer for the World
• Social trends to watch:
1. Globalisation of politics and economics
2. International terrorism remains and
continues to shape travel, trade, diplomacy
and domestic policy in many countries.
3. The power of international crime empires
4. Human trafficking is more common than
the trafficking of drugs and firearms in 2012.
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5. Prayer for the world
• Demographic trends to watch:
1. Rapid growth of the human population
and rising life expectancy in many
countries.
2. Urbanisation
3. International migration
4. The treatment of women
5. Language extinction
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6. Expectations
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