Papua New Guinea

Far East/Asia

Year opened: 1990

The nearly six million residents who create the population of Papua New Guinea speak more than 820 indigenous languages. The country is endowed with natural resources yet the rough terrain makes it difficult to mine and export these goods. Eighty-five percent of the population is sustained through subsistence farming, and 37% live below the poverty line.

Twenty-two percent of the people are Roman Catholic, 16% Lutheran, and 34% adhere to indigenous beliefs. The Mission Society has partnered with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea since 1995. Mission Society missionaries are involved in the work of Scripture translation for the Agarabi language in the Eastern Highlands, as well as literacy training and community development efforts.

 

Prayer Requests

• For an end to tribal warfare and peace to rule in this country
• For discipleship and leadership development of the many people who have come to Christ
• For the Bible to be translated into the many languages of Papua New Guinea