Cambodia

General Information

  • Area: 181,035sq km
  • Population: 16,718,965 (2020 census)
  • Capital: Phnom Penh
  • Main Religion: Buddhism(97.9%, official), Islam(1.1%), Christianity(0.5%)
  • Official Language: Khmer

Challenges for Prayer

  1. Pray for the light of the gospel to shine on individual lives and all social structures in Cambodia.

  2. Ask God to heal deep psychological wounds from abuse through the Holy Spirit and counselling ministry.

  3. Pray for many of the former Khmer Rouge who took part in genocide to live in the fullness of God’s forgiveness for past crimes and Christians can bring peace and reconciliation.

  4. Pray for pastors to have wisdom, holiness, and power in the Spirit.

  5. Pray for the less-reached Buddhists, the 18 unevangelized tribal groups, the Muslim Cham people, and 6 Chines language groups in Cambodia. 

Source: Molly Wall, Pray for the World, 2015