The Bahamas
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| Commonwealth of the Bahamas | |
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 Bahamas: World Factbook, 2009[1] | |
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Area |
10 010 sq km[1] |
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Population |
307 552 (July 2009 est.)[1] |
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Languages |
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)[1] |
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Religions |
Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, other 3.7% (2000 census)[1] |
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Ethnicity |
black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%[1] |
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Groups Associated with MWC |
6 (2006)[2] |
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Membership in MWC Affiliated Churches |
15 417 (2006)[2] |
The Bahamas is a country consisting of a chain of islands in the north Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, north of Cuba, and southeast of the United States.
Anabaptist-Related Groups in the Bahamas
In 2006 there were no official Anabaptist-related groups affiliated with Mennonite World Conference, but one congregation and forty members.[3]
Electronic Resources
Annotated Bibliography
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Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Bahamas, The," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html (accessed 3 February 2010).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2006 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 23 December 2009).
- ↑ "2006 Mennonite World Conference Directory for Caribbean, Central and South America," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=16 (accessed 22 June 2009).
