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TechnoratiSri Lanka has been entangled in a civil war for two decades, which officially ended with the Cease Fire Agreement signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Feb. 2, 2002. However, both sides failed to keep their promises, throwing the country back into turmoil since the end of 2005.
The LTTE says it is fighting to create a separate country for the 3.1 million ethnic minority Tamils, who it says face discrimination in Sri Lanka.
According to the United Nations, some 70,000 people have been killed and 465,000 displaced by the conflict, including 205,000 uprooted since fighting intensified in April 2006.
“Let us pray for peace in Sri Lanka. Certainly, the civil war has hindered some evangelistic activities as Christians are concerned about traveling from one place to the other,” Penner said. “Let's pray also for those who have been assaulted, particularly for children, that they would know the comfort and the healing that the Lord can bring into their lives. Pray for church leaders."
Sri Lanka is considered one of the “world’s most politically unstable countries” by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
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