Points of Prayer

  • Pray for the 92,000 Kuwaiti-born “bidun” who remain stateless and persecuted for being rural nomadic “undesirables.”

  • Pray that the wealthy would find their riches in the peace of Jesus.

  • Pray for discipleship movements within the nation, especially among the marginalized 70% of immigrants.

  • Pray for laborers and Kuwaiti Believers to be protected and be emboldened to spread the Gospel.

  • Pray for leadership and discipleship that would help the Church grow despite closed access to evangelism.

Romans 1:16 in Modern Standard Arabic (an unspoken language)

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَى أَهْلِ رُومِيَةَ١:١٦
.لاني لست استحي بانجيل المسيح لانه قوة الله للخلاص لكل من يؤمن لليهودي اولا ثم لليوناني

Kuwait

 

Country Facts

Population

3,068,155 (2022 est.)

Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population

Ethnic Groups

Kuwaiti 30.4%, other Arab 27.4%, Asian 40.3%, African 1%, other 0.9% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2018 est.)

Languages

Arabic (official), English widely spoken

Religions

Muslim (official) 74.6%, Christian 18.2%, other and unspecified 7.2% (2013 est.)

Location

Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

stateless persons: 92,000 (2022); Kuwait's 1959 Nationality Law defined citizens as persons who settled in the country before 1920 and who had maintained normal residence since then; one-third of the population, descendants of Bedouin tribes, missed the window of opportunity to register for nationality rights after Kuwait became independent in 1961 and were classified as bidun (meaning "without"); since the 1980s Kuwait's bidun have progressively lost their rights, including opportunities for employment and education, amid official claims that they are nationals of other countries who have destroyed their identification documents in hopes of gaining Kuwaiti citizenship; Kuwaiti authorities have delayed processing citizenship applications and labeled biduns as "illegal residents," denying them access to civil documentation, such as birth and marriage certificates.

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