Tag: Italy
A team from Missouri is coming to Rome from Aug 26-Sept 5. Ask for wisdom and safety. Lift them up as they will be prayerwalking, performing mimes, making home visits, cleaning facilities, and holding a “back to school block party” in the area of Laurentino, Italy, where members of the WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN CLUSTER are part of a church plant.
Intercede with the ROMA CLUSTER for the Roma in the Rome, Italy area. Two of the camps have been dismantled by the police and the Roma have scattered. Ask for the workers there to be able to show the Father’s love to the Roma during this difficult time.
UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP: Around 484,000 Germans and Austrians live in the area of northern Italy, known as Trentino-South Tyrol. This is an autonomous region that was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1919, where the majority of people speak an Austro-Bavarian dialect of German. High mountains, wide valleys, and numerous lakes, make this a popular, year-round vacation spot. Tourists can easily find accommodations in one of the many hotels and can also treat themselves to a day at a wellness spa. With only a few Evangelical communities, the German-speaking, South Tyroleans are an unreached people, who need to hear and accept the gospel. Intercede that the residents of South Tyrol, who are not believers, will not only experience physical well-being, but that they will also find spiritual rest and peace in the Son.
From 1399 onwards, Italy has had an Albanian minority known as the Arbëreshë, who are scattered across Southern Italy. The majority of Albanians, however, arrived after 1991 and surpassed this older population in number. Together, these 2 groups have a population of over 400,000. Although they have some characteristics in common, they are still 2 distinct groups. The Arbëreshë have moved away from the use of their native language, and now prefer Italian, but they have a very strong social presence and ethnic cohesion. For the more recent Albanian immigrants, who either cannot or chose not to claim an Arbëreshë identity, there exists a strong pressure to assimilate into Italian culture as an ethnic “coping mechanism.” Researchers have discovered that Albanians in Italy are often stereotyped as committing the most heinous of crimes. Name-changing is one way that Albanians have coped with this situation. Intercede that the Albanians in Italy will have opportunities to hear the gospel and that they will soon bear the name of Christ and show His love to those around them.
