St. Barthelemy

St. Barthelemy

  ST. BARTHELEMY

A. THE TERRITORY

Collectivity of St. Barthelemy is one main island and several small
islets in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean.  It is an overseas
collectivity of France and all food and most fresh water must be
imported, yielding a very high cost of living.  High-end tourism and
luxury duty-free items and construction industries provide mainstays of
employment.

B. THE PEOPLE

The population is ~9,500 and languages French and English.  There is a
large majority of French Caucasions with smaller numbers of American,
Portuguese, Brazilians, Swedes and French West Indies Creole.

C. RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY/PENTECOSTALISM

~61% claim to be Christian, ~35% Non-religious, ~4% Other.
In the Christian category:
~52.37% are Catholic, ~4% Unaffiliated, ~2.15% Protestant, ~2.15%
Anglican.
Evangelicals represent ~2.3% of the population.
Charismatics represent ~3.8% and of those ~2.2% are Pentecostals.
Donna Siemens

References:

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

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *