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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DEMOGRAPHIC
- Population: 2,751,000
- Urban: 52% Rural: 48%
- Public corruption: 96
- Life expectancy: 73 years
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CATHOLIC DEMOGRAPHICS
- Baptized Catholics: 72,000
- Baptisms per year: 736
- First communions per year: 358
- Confirmations:196
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4 FACTS
- Jamaican funerals are not held immediately after death, believe that the spirit needs time to leave the body (duppy)
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FACTS CONTINUED
- All the churches in Jamaica note a particular problem attracting and holding men in the congregations
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FACTS CONTINUED
- Pentecostal worship in Jamaica puts a premium on enthusiasm and emotional response, extremely active oral and bodily participation, speaking in tounges, healing, saving and cleansing
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FACTS CONTINUED
- Music plays central role in Pentecostal worship, "as an embodiment of worship rather than as a frame for worship."
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