Uruguay may be the most secularised nation in Latin America with the highest percentage of atheists and agnostics. More than 90% of its people are of European origin. There is a large middle class. Spanish is spoken by virtually everyone. In the midst of secularism and unbelief, there is a rising interest in the transcendent, often focused on false religious systems including the occult and New Age teachings. At the same time, some evangelical groups are finding that this new spiritual openness gives them opportunities to share Christ as never before.

Christianity has had less impact in Uruguay than in any other country in the Americas. Eastern Montevideo is the fastest growing area of the country, and its middle-class neighbourhoods have hardly been touched with the gospel. It is in these neighbourhoods that SIM missionaries are establishing a cell-church ministry. Marriage Encounter retreats, literature distribution, and friendship evangelism are all being employed as means to share Christ with this audience.

SIM missionaries are also freely helping existing churches and their pastors in every way possible, such as offering cell group training, organizing inter-church evangelistic outreaches, and providing tools for evangelism and discipleship.

Please pray for:

1. Those who see the bankruptcy of secularism to come in contact with the truth of Christianity.
   
2. Missionaries to discover appropriate ways of penetrating the culture with the gospel.
   
3. Churches to work together in reaching the nation for Christ.
   
4. Spiritism and occultism to be defeated by the power of the Holy Spirit.