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Slovakia

While most of Slovakia’s population identifies as Christian, less than 1.5 percent are evangelical. Slightly more than 83 percent of the population identifying as Christian are Roman Catholic, 11.5 percent Protestant and 1.7 percent Orthodox. While many of these people are unfamiliar with biblical truth, the two people groups classified as unreached are tiny minorities of Slovak-speaking Jews and Persian-speaking Iranians.
A parliamentary, democratic republic in central Europe, Slovakia shares a border with Ukraine and has received many Ukrainian refugees since the Russian invasion of the central European country on Feb. 24, 2022. The invasion produced the largest population displacement since World War II, with more than 5.3 million Ukrainian nationals fleeing to European Union countries.
More than 400,000 refugees from Ukraine have crossed into Slovakia, about 89 percent of them women and children, along with seniors and others with special needs, including those with chronic illnesses and physical disabilities. As the exodus began, native Slovak missionaries dedicated to spreading the gospel immediately turned toward the urgent priority of helping traumatized people recover their lives, which provided new opportunities to lead them to saving faith.
Christian Aid Mission supports workers who provided food, shelter and other aid to refugees from Ukraine. The workers also need funds for refugees’ recreational activities, clothes, glasses, expenses for mobile phones (to connect with husbands and fathers fighting on the front lines), kindergarten for the little ones, and salaries for counselors and teachers of small children.

At the same time hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were displaced in their own country, mainly in the west and south. The Slovakian missionaries have a network of 70 churches within Ukraine that were turned into refugee centers to serve the internally displaced. Both the numbers of refugees and internally displaced continued to grow even as many Ukrainians returned to their country in 2022 in spite of continued bombings, and facilities for the internally displaced remained full.

Ukrainians fleeing Russian bombing of homes and other civilian targets received food, medicines and other items. Workers also provided clean water and baby food. Because local missionaries had contacts within Ukraine, they were able to arrange for transportation of humanitarian aid to the displaced.
The workers remain committed to spreading the gospel in Slovakia and the Balkans, planting churches and multiplying disciple-makers.
Sources: Joshua Project, Wikipedia, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam survey

5.4 million

Population

1.46%

Evangelical Population:

29

People Groups:

2

Unreached People Groups:

How to Pray for Slovakia

  • Pray for peace that will allow refugees to return to Ukraine, which has been suffering from military offensives by Russian-backed separatists since 2014.
  • Pray for refugees from Ukraine in Slovakia and elsewhere to experience the love of Christ, come to saving faith in Him and spread the gospel in their final destinations.
  • Pray for people in traditional churches in Slovakia to open their hearts to God’s Word and to Christ.