Pray for France

We invite you to join us in praying for our trip and for France. Here's some relevant data about France:

Population: 62,636,580    

Annual Growth: 0.53%

Capital: Paris

(source: Operation World)

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	38,296,005	61.14	-0.6
Evangelicals	603,192	1.0	2.4

(source: Operation World)

30% atheist.
1% Evangelical.

(source: PrayForFrance.org)

In a nation that remains historically and culturally Catholic, secularism has been on the rise. Though 51% of France identifies themselves as Catholic, another 25% of the population identify themselves as non-religious. Islam is also on the rise, now representing roughly 10% of the population. (Greater Europe Mission website: http://gemission.org/pray/pray-france)