Albania

Surface:
28748 km2
Inhabitants:
3169087
Capital:
Tirana

Mission work
ECM has Missionaries and Partners in Mission working in Tirana and Lushnje.

ECM longs for...
the churches to keep on growing, and that through their words and actions they will introduce the Gospel to Albanians - so that Albania will be filled with hope.

Through listening to programs transmitted by Trans World Radio in the 1960s, several Christian groups emerged in the atheistic country of Albania. After 1991 these groups founded churches, called Rruga e Pages (Way of Peace), in the capital Tirana, and in Lushnje, Fier and Patos. The churches in Tirana and Lushnje now have national leaders and the churches in Fier and Patos have are overseen by other missionaries.

ECM missionaries are involved in Albania with a variety of church planting initiatives in both Tirana, and the Lushnje region. Besides these long-term missionaries, groups and individuals travel regularly to Albania to take part in projects: evangelism, children's camps, building projects, language courses, aid to the poor and many other activities.

The fruit of the church in Albania is really encouraging and despite the poverty, local churches are actively involved in evangelism and church planting.

Religions

Muslim
62%
Christian
31%
Non-religious
7%

Christians

Orthodox
17%
Catholic
13%
Other
0.83%
Protestantism
0.13%

Facts

Economy
Emerged from a Communist (but effectively medieval) economy in the 1990s, but remains one of Europe’s two poorest nations. While there is marked improvement, poor infrastructure, corruption and high emigration rates hamper further growth.

The statistics are meant to give an impression, not to stigmatise. Statistics taken from 'Operation World, 7th edition, 2010', see also www.operationworld.org

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