Where We Work: Africa
10/40 Window | Africa | Asia | Middle East
Africa is the second largest continent of the seven continents. It includes 53 individual countries. It is home to 1 billion people. They belong to 3,050 ethnic groups and speak more than 1,000 languages. Today many African countries are facing famine, drought, AIDS and other natural calamities. Tribal wars have killed millions of people in Rwanda.
Some African nations suffer from military dictatorships, corruption, civil unrest, war, and deep poverty. Hindrances to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in Africa include animism, witchcraft, fetishism, ancestor worship and idolatry.
Nations for Jesus is engaged in evangelism, church planting, and leadership development. We are expanding into the remote parts of Africa by partnering with nationals who can carry on the work and multiply the results.
Do you know?
- More than 1 billion people live in Africa.
- 2,110 languages and dialects are spoken in Africa.
- Africa accounts for twenty percent of world’s population.
- Africa is the poorest continent in the world today.
- In North Africa, there is only one missionary for every two million people.
- 1 out of 10 people are HIV positive.
- There are approximately 80,000 villages in Africa that have not heard the good news of Christ. These villages range from 20 to 20,000 people.
Countries in Africa
| Central Africa | East Africa | Southern Africa | West Africa |
| Burundi Cameroon Central Africa Republic Chad Congo Equatorial Guinea Rwanda |
Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Sudan Tanzania Uganda |
Angola Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe |
Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivorie Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo |
Learn more about our work in these locations: 10/40 Window | Africa | Asia | Middle East