Facts-N-Stats

Chile
According to the 2002 census, of the 15 million people in Chile “70 percent of the population over age 14 identify as Roman Catholic and 15.1 percent as evangelical. In the census, the term "evangelical" referred to all non-Catholic Christian churches with the exception of the Orthodox Church (Greek, Persian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and Armenian), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Seventh-day Adventists, and Jehovah's Witnesses.Groups that constitute less than 5 percent of the population include Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Jews, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Baha'is, Buddhists, and members of the Unification Church. Of those surveyed, all other religions total 493,147 persons, or 4.4 percent, and atheists and those "indifferent" regarding religion constitute approximately 8.3 percent.”

Argentina
According to the 2001 census there is a population of 37 million in the country of Argentina. A religious estimate makes the Argentines “Roman Catholics, 76 percent of the population; agnostics or atheists, 12 percent; evangelical Protestants, 6 percent; Jews, 1 percent; Jehovah's Witnesses, 1 percent; other Protestants and Muslims, less than 1 percent; other religious groups (including Seventh-day Adventists, Buddhists, and some African and indigenous religions), 1.5 percent; and no declared religious affiliation, 1.2 percent.”

Uruguay
According to the 2004 census there is a population of 3.24 million in the country of Uruguay. Of the 3.24 million “45.1 percent identify themselves as Roman Catholics, 10.5 percent as Christian but not Catholic, 0.4 percent as Jewish, 0.7 percent as Afro-Umbandistas, and 27.8 percent believe in God but do not claim a religious affiliation. Mainstream Protestants primarily include Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans, and Baptists.”

All this information came from the International Religious Freedom Report 2008 issued September 19, 2008, and can be found at http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/index.htm.

Another Trip

January 1st I will be leaving for another mission trip but not to just one country but to three: Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. The trip is to serve the same purpose as my previous trip to Spain. I will be there to look, learn, and listen. God has called me into full time mission, but I have no idea where I will serve Him.
In visiting these three countries I am broadening my view of mission fields and their needs. Please pray for me that I will be discerning and understanding in each of these culture. Pray that I will be discerning of His will. Pray that I will be sensitive to His leading in my life.