Profile : Italy

Description

Italy is highly industrialised and is the world's seventh largest economy. It is very affluent in the north but much poorer in the South.
It is one of the world's favourite countries. We love its food, its art, its culture, its language, and its cars. Italians love life. But they live in great need of the saving gospel of Jesus Christ. Despite the appearance of being a very christianised nation, very few Italians actually believe what the Bible says about Jesus. Most Italians are Roman Catholic in culture, but deeply cynically about the Church. Church attendance is decreasing as are the number of priests. There are three times as many full-time consulting magicians as there are Catholic priests.

Of the 1.6 million uni students in Italy, only 100 or so are involved with groups that study the Bible at uni. Italian students are a needy mission field. For the few who are Christian, university can be a tough time. Exposed to many worldy challenges on the campus, Christians need to be encouraged and spurred on to keep being godly.

Missionaries

• Andrew and Sarah Lubbock

Prayer Points

• that the work amongst Italian and international students would continue to develop.

• that the Gruppi Biblici Universitari in Italy would continue to grow and be a Bible-centred training ground for Italian Christian leaders.

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