Points of Prayer

  • Pray for a stable and trustworthy government to act in the interest of all its people.

  • Pray for the Church to continue to overcome evil with divine forgiveness and love.

  • Pray for the the spreading of the Gospel in the nation.

  • Pray for laborers in the country who live with the reality of islam as a force against evangelism.

  • Pray for the Coptic Church to continue to an influence in the region and that they would adopt a posture to evangelise to their neighbours and persecutors.

  • Pray for the political unrest that has inhibited the nation.

  • Pray for the economy, against corruption, and provision of resources.

  • Pray against growing poverty, the water crisis affecting the community of farmers facing imprisonment and hunger due to regulations on crops and water consumption.

  • Pray for children who are forced into labor and sex trafficking pray against their labeling as street children.

  • Pray for the vulnerable and safety for tourists who continue to visit the country.


Romans 1:16 in Egypt’s Coptic Language
ⲚϮϮϢⲒⲠⲈ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲀⲚ ⲘⲠⲈⲨⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲒⲞⲚ. ⲞⲨϬⲞⲘ ⲄⲀⲢ ⲚⲦⲈ ⲠⲚⲞⲨⲦⲈ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲨⲞⲨϪⲀⲒ ⲚⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲚⲒⲘ ⲈⲦⲠⲒⲤⲦⲈⲨⲈ ⲚⲒⲞⲨⲆⲀⲒ ⲘⲚ ⲚⲞⲨⲈⲒⲈⲚⲒⲚ.

Egypt

 

Country Facts

Population

107,770,524 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Egyptian 99.7%, other 0.3% (2006 est.)

Data represents respondents by nationality. Egypt’s pre-islamic conquest ethnicity is made up of Copts, Abaza, Saidi, Baharia, Wahati, Bedouin, Eastern Bedawi, Beja, Berber, Siwa, Kharga, Selima, Nubian, Fedicca-Mohas, Kunuz, Domari, Halebi

Languages

Arabic (official), English, and French widely understood by educated classes

Religions

Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10%

Location

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula.

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

refugees (country of origin): 70,021 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (mid-year 2022); 145,157 (Syria), 52,446 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 20,970 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 21,105 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 15,585 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 10,025 (Yemen) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,815 (Iraq) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,802 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)
stateless persons: 10 (2022)

The World Factbook 2021. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2021.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/