Stating that ‘Kuwait already has an excessive number of churches compared to the country’s Christian minority,’ a member of parliament has called for a ban on the construction of new churches in the Middle Eastern nation. A group of legislators is also calling for a constitutional amendment that would make Sharia the basis of the legal system. 85% of the nation’s 2.6 million people are Muslim; 12%, most of them foreign workers, are Catholic. Fifteen priests in three parishes minister to the nation’s 300,000 Catholics.

Pray: the Christian presence in Kuwait would continue and may all who are commissioned by the Lord to share His truth in Kuwait be protected. (Ps.2:8)

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