A third of Tanzania is national park – the Serengeti plain draws hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.

Formed when Tanganyika on the mainland and the island of Zanzibar joined together after gaining independence form Britain, Tanzania has been an island of peace in the troubled region of east Africa for 35 years. It was. Protests in Zanzibar from people wanting independence for the island threaten to flare up into violence.

During the ‘90s Tanzania accepted over half a million refugees from wars in neighbouring Burundi and Rwanda.

Many Muslims have become Christians and the number of evangelical Christians continues to grow.

The Holy Spirit has brought fresh life to many churches and encouraged evangelism but some remain spiritually dead.

AIDS continues to spread across Tanzania – over 1.3 million people are infected and more than a million children are orphaned. Pray that churches can be active in addressing the needs of those who are suffering or losing their families and in teaching people about the disease.

Over 5 million people listen to Christian radio stations and Christians now run one of the three national TV channels.