St. Kitts And Nevis

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

A. THE COUNTRY

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is two volcanic islands in the
Caribbean Leeward Islands.  The government is a parliamentary democracy
and Constitutional monarchy (Elizabeth II).  Tourism is the primary
industry with offshore finance growing rapidly.

B. THE PEOPLE

The population is ~53,000 and the language English.
~97% are African Caribbean, ~1% South Asian, ~2% European background.
Women lead 45% of the households.  Teenage mothers account for 19% of
the total number of live births nationally.

C. RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY/PENTECOSTALISM

~93.95% claim to be Christian, ~5.7% Non-religious, ~0.9% Other, ~0.45%
Baha’i.
In the Christian category:
~42.51% are Protestant, ~20.62% Anglican, ~16.6% Unaffiliated, ~7.64%
Catholic, ~3.25% Independent, ~2.12% are considered ‘marginal’, ~0.19%
Orthodox.
Evangelicals represent ~21.7% of the population.
Charismatics represent ~11.8% and of those ~7.8% are Pentecostals.

Donna Siemens

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org

Operation World, Jason Mandryk. Colorado Springs: Biblica Publishing, 2010.