Capital: Malabo
% Largest Religion: Christian: 90
Population: 1,714,671
People Groups: 19
% Christian: 90
Least Reached People Groups: 2
% Evangelical: 4.4
% Unevangelized: 1

Equatorial Guinea faces an unusual political and economic situation. Large oil reserves made a small minority very rich. Western oil companies work with a regime whose human rights record is poor, in order to increase profits. Corruption means that most of the people do not benefit from such wealth.

Prayer

1. The oil boom brings in foreigners, both Christian and Muslim. Pray that expat believers might engage with the spiritual and physical needs of the nation. Pray for economic justice and wise stewardship Pray that foreign companies might do business in ways that benefit the local people. 
2. Most Christians are Roman Catholic, but beneath the surface lies the reality that animistic beliefs and practices were never abandoned. Pray that the 85% who claim Christianity - without having been born again - might hear and respond to the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
3. An encouraging increase in religious freedom has occurred alongside several newer, growing Pentecostal, charismatic and evangelical denominations (AoG, Deeper Life, several indigenous denominations). Pray for purity of life and fervency of evangelism in the churches despite the prevailing poverty, corruption and despair.
4. Training leaders and discipling believers are strategic and growing ministries. Pray that graduates from training schools may be used of the Spirit to evangelize the nation and disciple believers. Pray for greater opportunities for laity to grow in their faith; the move from a nominal Catholic/animist worldview to a biblical one is a significant transition.