Jamaica

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Jamaica
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Chile: World Factbook, 2010[1]

Area

10,991 sq km[1]

Population

2,825,928 (July 2009 est.)[1]

Languages

English, English patois[1]

Religions

Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)[1]

Ethnicity

black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census)[1]

Groups Associated with MWC

1 (2009)[2]

Membership in MWC Affiliated Churches

686 (2009)[2]

Jamaica is an island country in South America with a population of 2,825,928 (July 2009 est.)[1]. In 2009 there was one organized Anabaptist-related group officially associated with Mennonite World Conference (MWC) with 686 total members.[2]

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Anabaptist-Related Groups

In 2009 there was one Anabaptist-related group associated with MWC in Jamaica with 13 congregations:

Annotated Bibliography

External Links

Jamaica on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Jamaica," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html (accessed 23 April 2010).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mennonite, Brethren in Christ & Related Churches World Membership 2009," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members%202009/World%20Membership%20summary.doc (accessed 23 April 2010).