Sadly, corruption prevails here. Azerbaijan has high ratings of human development, but the government in this prosperous country abuses many rights of its population. Christianity is frequently associated with Russian imperialism and Armenian enmity, so Christians are harassed by law enforcement and threatened with heavy fines. As the first Muslim-majority democratic and secular republic, there is evidence of a new movement in Azerbaijani history. God has blessed the land with oil and natural gases and we are asked to pray for God to protect the nation from outside forces plundering its resources and territories. Most Azerbaijanis do not know Jesus Christ. We can pray for the few believers in the land to ‘proclaim what great things Jesus has done’ (Mk.5:20) in the dozens of towns and villages which have never heard the Gospel. Pray for believers to lead the way in providing enduring solutions to conflicts with Armenia and Russia by ‘loving and doing good’ (Lk.6:27)