Day 24

AUGUST | 2023

Libya

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

Lord, we pray for Libyan leaders to hear Your voice and draw plans for their country. It is a bad mistake for people to plan their lives without Your counsel. We pray for the merchants in the Church and those who do trade not to forget Your directions. We pray for those who are adamant and do not depend on You to know their future is not in their hands. Lord, You alone know the future and it makes no sense to plan without You. Planning for the future is good but it must be with You because Your plan is above all other plans and never fails. Cause the Libyans to realize that human life on earth is like a mist, or smoke. It is here for a little while and then it goes away (The Bible, James 4:13-14).

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Libya remains in 5th position in the World Watch Report 2023 by Open Doors for severe Christian persecution. Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibeh is a Libyan politician who is the current Prime Minister of Libya’s interim Government of National Unity. Incumbent Mohamed al-Menfi has been the president since 15 March 2021. Libya’s government has been unstable for a decade. The situation for Christians in Libya changed drastically after the Gaddafi regime fell. The country fell into chaos, and weapons and Islamist ideologies flowed across the relaxed borders of Egypt. Islamist militia groups such as Ansar al-Sharia, the Nusra Front, and ISIS firmly embedded themselves in Libya and began to hunt down Christians. The world will never forget that on a beach ISIS beheaded Coptic Christians for their faith in Christ.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Mohamed al-Menfi
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
POPULATION
6,412,000
CHRISTIANS
3.2%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
0.3%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Sunni Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
5
REFUGEES
399,935
LIFE EXPECTANCY
78.34 yrs
LITERACY RATE
94.2%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
32%