Jamaica is one of the larger countries in the Caribbean. Over the last 50 years a lot of people have moved away from Jamaica to find jobs in the United Kingdom and the USA.
Jamaica earns most of its money growing bananas and sugar, it also benefits from people taking their holidays on the island. But it is still a poor country which has been hit by hurricanes that caused a lot of damage and there is a problem with drugs and crime which is getting worse.
The country is a Christian country with about a third of the population going to church.
Jamaica has a lot of problems. It has one of the worlds highest murder rates and drugs make things worse. Half of the men in Jamaica take drugs. Pray that government and church leaders may have the courage and strength to turn the country back from sin and to God.
Christianity is strong in numbers but spiritually weak. A third of the population goes to church, but the country they live in makes it very hard for them to witness.
Young people. Open Air Campaigners have reached over one million — mainly in evangelistic outreach to school assemblies.
Child Evangelism Fellowship wants lots more children’s clubs. There is a combined ministry in producing Bible reading materials and in witness in two universities, 20 colleges and 160 school groups. Pray that these ministries may result in groups that are biblical, evangelistic and brave. In many schools, 10% of the students belong to these groups. Pray that the workers and the many Christian teachers may see a radical moral and spiritual uplift among children so that the next generation fares better.