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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. COUNTRY OVERVIEW 1980 ………..……………………………………………………………. 7
II. OVERVIEW OF STATUS OF CHRISTIANITY ....................................................................... 9
III. ETHNIC GROUPS & UNREACHED PEOPLES....................................................................... 9
3.1 Creole………........................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Mestizo................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Amerindian………………………………..…………………………………………………………. 10
3.4 Black Carib............................................................................................................................. 11
3.5 Other …………………………..………..…………………………………………………………....14
3.5.1 European & North American ..……………………………………………………………...... ….15
3.5.2 East Indian............................................................................................................................15
3.5.3 Chinese.................................................................................................................................15
3.5.4 Syrian-Lebanese...................................................................................................................15
IV. NATIONAL CHURCHES......................................................................................................... 16
4.1 Protestant Churches.............................................................................................................. 16
4.2 Roman Catholic Church......................................................................................................... 31
V. FOREIGN MISSIONS............................................................................................................ 33
5.1 Protestant Missions............................................................................................................ 33
5.1.1 Church of England/Anglican Church................................................................................... 34
5.1.2 Belize Baptist Mission.......................................................................................................... 38
5.1.3 Other Baptist Groups.......................................................................................................... 42
5.1.4 Wesleyan Methodists.......................................................................................................... 42
5.1.5 Presbyterians …………………………………………………………………………………….. 48
5.1.6 Seventh Day Adventists....................................................................................................... 49
5.1.7 Church of the Nazarene...................................................................................................... 49
5.1.8 Gospel Missionary Union..................................................................................................... 51
5.1.9 Mennonites.......................................................................................................................... 51
5.1.10 Other Separatist Denominations........................................................................................ 53
5.1.11 Pentecostal Family of Churches …………………………………………………………….... 53
5.2 Roman Catholic Missions................................................................................................... 54
VI. MAJOR PROTESTANT ACTIVITIES......................................................................................55
6.1 Ecumenical Organizations...................................................................................................... 55
6.2 Basic Education...................................................................................................................... 56
6.3 Bible Translation and Distribution........................................................................................... 57
6.4 Broadcasting........................................................................................................................... 57
6.5 Evangelism............................................................................................................................. 57
6.6 Literature................................................................................................................................. 58
6.7 Social Concern........................................................................................................................ 59
6.8 Theological Education.............................................................................................................59
6.9 The PROCADES Church Growth Study…………………………………………………………. 59
VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................................... 61
VII. APPENDIX ….……………………………………………………………………………………… 65
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