Key Ministries
- Evangelism seminars and training.
- Disciple-making.
- Tract ministry
- Counsellor training at Colombo Theological Seminary.
- Seminary instruction.
- English instruction.
- Counselling women and couples.
- Basic counselling seminars.
- Marriage and family seminars.
- Trauma healing training.
- Local church-based ministries to build up the body of Christ.
Spiritual Landscape in Sri Lanka
Buddhism is the dominant faith on the island, with about 70 per cent of the population claiming to follow its tenets. Buddhism is recognised as having the ‘foremost place’ in the constitution, but other faiths are tolerated. About 12 per cent of the country follows Hinduism, nine per cent Islam and seven per cent Christianity.
Please pray
- For the church, to become aware of the gospel need in Sri Lankan Muslim communities and will dispel inhibitions about relating to them and will learn how best to share the gospel
- For the salvation of the 2.1 million Muslims who live in Sri Lanka
- For God to send labourers from Sri Lanka and overseas to train the church to reach this community
- For effective leadership of the Muslim Network in its efforts to come up with a common strategy for evangelism and church planting
- For more volunteers and unity in the network
- For new believers to become disciples and church planters among their own people
- For two church planters to come forward to plant churches in each of the 25 districts of the island
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