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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

JAMAICA

LAUREN and MICHELLE
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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

CATHOLIC DEMOGRAPHICS CONTINUED

  • Church marriages: 99
  • Priests: 92
  • Parishes: 61
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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."