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	Antigua and Barbuda
	State of Antigua and Barbuda
	February 13

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also today: Angola,Anguilla

Challenges for Prayer

1 Antiguans are almost all Christian in name, with many Evangelicals among them, but they are complacent in the face of serious moral and spiritual breakdown

2 Strongholds of sin are drug-dealing, violence, gambling, prostitution and a growing kidnapping 'industry'

3 Oneness in fellowship and vision is a great need

4 Social and spiritual needs

a) Many refugees from Montserrat have fled to Antigua since the 1997 volcanic eruption on their island

b) The small Hispanic, Lebanese, Muslim and Hindu trading communities

also today: Angola,Anguilla

Geography

Overview: Peoples, Economy, Politics, Religion

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Area 442 sq.km. Three islands; Antigua is volcanic, Barbuda coralline.

Population (2000) 67,560 +0.55%AGR

Capital St John's 28,000.

Peoples

Afro-Caribbean 95%; Other 5%.

Literacy 90%. Languages English, English Creole.

Economy

Officially, tourism and light industry are the mainstays. HDI 0.828; 38^th/174. Public debt 95% of GNP. Income/person $7,330 (23.5% of USA).

Politics

British colony for 349 years; independence in 1981 as a constitutional monarchy.

Religion

Freedom of religion.

Religions	Population %	Adherents	Ann.Gr.
Christian	93.91	63,446	+0.4
Spiritist/Rastafarian	3.29	2,223	+3.1
non-Religious	1.39	939	+3.5
Baha'i	0.93	628	+2.1
Muslim	0.40	270	+0.5
Hindu	0.08	54	+15.7

Christians	Denom.	Affil.%	,000	Ann.Gr.
Protestant	17	31.07	21	+0.2%
Independent	4	1.78	1	+1.5%
Anglican	1	33.47	23	-2.0%
Catholic	1	11.55	8	-0.3%
Marginal	2	1.63	1	+4.5%
Unaffiliated		14.41	10	n.a.

Churches in Antigua and Barbuda

Missionaries from Antigua and Barbuda

4 in 2 agencies.

Missionaries to Antigua and Barbuda

19 in 5 agencies and from 2 countries.

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