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ANCONA

ITALY

  • Population: 101,000
  • Founded in 387 B.C., which makes it over 2400 years old!
  • Ancona is the capital of the Marche Region and of the Province of Ancona
  • Ancona is one of three major port cities along the Adriatic Sea

General Facts about Italy

  • Italy is only 1.1% Evangelical Christian
  • As of 2017  60% of Italians claim to be Catholic, but less than 10% regularly attend a Catholic mass
  • In the last 10 years 700,000 Italians per year have stopped identifying themselves as Catholic and have declared themselves atheists
  • 80% of Italians do not read the Bible
  • The majority of youth leave the Catholic Church after their confirmation, and for most families the traditional path of baptism, catechism, communion, confirmation has simply become a cultural right of passage.
  • 70% of Italian cities/villages are without a viable Christian community
  • A mass influx of Immigrants coming to Italy from Africa, the Middle East and Asia has opened the possibility of sharing the gospel with the nations
  • A 40% unemployment rate for college students post graduation and a general economic crisis has led to much hopelessness

Italy according to www.joshuaproject.com...
  • Has 65 people groups 
  • 12 are Least Reached Peoples (LRP's)
  • 18.5% of the people groups are unreached with the Gospel of Jesus

Please Pray for ITALY!

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