St. Kitts And Nevis

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.

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