Day 18

FEBRUARY | 2024

Yemen

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

The ongoing civil war between the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi, the rebel group in Yemen, has had a devastating impact on the lives of women and children in the country. Many women have had to become the breadwinner for their families due to the war, with least few job opportunities in the patriarchal society. Women’s lives have a lot of regression regarding safety and finances.

Pray for divine protection and provision for the Yemeni women and children affected by the ongoing civil war (The Holy Bible, Psalm 72:14).

Let the Yemeni women be the lamp that gives light to everyone in the house and the society. Keep them safe from oppression by bushels of gender-based discrimination in Jesus’s Mighty Name (The Holy Bible, Matthew 5:15).

Pray against all the factors that destroy society in Yemen in the name of power lust (The Holy Bible, 1 John 2:16).

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Yemen jumped two places in the Persecution Index to finish third in 2023. The ongoing civil war opened new methods to discriminate and persecute Christians. The humanitarian aid distribution system operates through government-controlled mosques or Houthi-established camps. Both give preferential treatment to “devout Muslims” only. Indigenous Christians and Christian Converts cannot avail of this aid. Christian Believers face physical and sexual torture for their beliefs. Al Qaeda and the remnants of the Islamic State also persecute Christian Believers in Yemen. Furthermore, young Christian girls face the constant threat of abduction and forced marriages to Muslim men.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed
POPULATION
31,565,602
CHRISTIANS
0.2%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
0%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Sunni Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
3
REFUGEES
686,217
LIFE EXPECTANCY
67.83 yrs
LITERACY RATE
70.1%
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
48.5%