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Sri Lanka, South Asia
Population: 22,053,000
Chief of State: President Maithripala Sirisena
Head of Gov.: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Christians: 2.0%
Evangelical Christians: Unknown
Dominant Religion: Buddhism
Persecution Ranking: 46th
Life Expectancy: 76.56 Years
Literacy Rate: 98.1%
Population Below Poverty Line: 8.9%
Refugees Living in Sri Lanka: 33,170
Chief of State: President Maithripala Sirisena
Head of Gov.: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Christians: 2.0%
Evangelical Christians: Unknown
Dominant Religion: Buddhism
Persecution Ranking: 46th
Life Expectancy: 76.56 Years
Literacy Rate: 98.1%
Population Below Poverty Line: 8.9%
Refugees Living in Sri Lanka: 33,170
Since the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, one journalist said, “I have spoken to many Sri Lankans of different faiths, from all walks of life, and they feel that the nation is capable of shrugging off this latest tragedy and moving forward.” The nation has survived a civil war that claimed more than 60,000 lives, a tsunami disaster that claimed 30,000 lives, and now religious tensions. The Church has been able to overcome ethnic divides as worshippers are both Tamils and Singhalese.
Pray for the Church to be peacemakers in the community (The Bible, John 15:18-21).
Pray for the Church to be peacemakers in the community (The Bible, John 15:18-21).
The search for religious harmony in Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday attacks (ABC)