Tag: Switzerland


UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP:  It’s hard to think about Italians without working up an appetite for pizza or spaghetti – people around the world share a love for their food, including those in Germany and Switzerland, where over 1 million Italians have made their home.  Many of them are involved in the food industry and run small businesses, such as restaurants and coffee shops.  Although, they are well-integrated and enjoy a relatively high status among foreigners in these countries, their culture and family continue to play an important role – they use Italian as their major language and make frequent trips to Italy to visit extended family.  Because they are well-integrated, they are often overlooked as a minority, even though they form one of the largest immigrant groups in these countries.  Especially in Switzerland, many have become involved in New Age, Spiritism, and the Occult, but few of them worship the one true God.  Intercede that these Italians won’t be overlooked by the Father.  Ask Him to raise up believers, who will share the Truth with them.  Petition that they will find an eternal home among God’s family.

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Germans, Austrians, and Swiss tend to be very private.  Family relationships are strong, but friendships are developed slowly and carefully.  It is a great privilege to be invited into a German home to share a meal.  The host will make elaborate preparations, decorating the table with candles and flowers.  A small piece of chocolate is often laid beside each plate.  The guest is expected to bring a small gift, such as flowers, chocolate or wine.  A blessing is rarely said, but once everyone is seated at the table, the host will indicate that it’s time to begin eating by wishing everyone “Guten Appetit!”  Intercede with members of the GERMANIC CLUSTER that Germans will invite the Lord into their lives and become fully aware of all the blessings He gives them.

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Baptists in Switzerland seek to forge a new future

What do you do when a denomination starts to die? That was the question the Swiss Baptist Denomination wrestled with when God brought our paths together in the spring of 2003. Baptist churches in Switzerland had been slowly dying over the course of the last 60 years. There were always exceptions, but they were never [...]