Mexico

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DEMOGRAPHY Population: 103 million Population density: ECONOMY GDP (PPP): per person: </small>

LIFE & LIBERTY HDI

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Climate 1.3 Natural Resources 2 Demographics 2.1 Peoples 2.1.1 Languages 2.2 Provinces 3 Life 4 Economy 5 Government 6 Religion 6.1 Islam 6.2 Buddhism 6.3 Christianity 6.3.1 History 6.3.2 Churches 6.3.3 Church Planting 6.3.4 Church and State Relations 6.3.5 Mission 6.3.6 Challenges for Christians 6.3.7 Broadcasting 6.3.8 Councils and Networks 7 Future Trends 8 For More Reading

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

[edit] Climate

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[edit] Demographics

[edit] Peoples

[edit] Languages

• Many different languages are spoken in the Migrant Labor camps in Mexico. The speakers might say their language is Zapoteco but they will not know which of the 73 dialects of Zapotec they speak. Or they might say their languages is Mixteco which has 77 dialects. They do, however know the name of the district they are from.

• Global Recordings Network (GRN) Mexico has developed a diagnostic system to identify local languages, see for details GRN, GRN.

[edit] Provinces

• The Provinces of Mexico - States of Mexico

Aguascalientes - one million population

Chiapas

Oaxaca

• The Cities of Mexico

Mexico City

[edit] Life

[edit] Economy

[edit] Government

[edit] Religion

• Catholic 89%, Protestant 7%

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[edit] Buddhism

[edit] Christianity

[edit] History

[edit] Churches

[edit] Church Planting

• Although Mexico is about 7% evangelical, the central states are only around 1%. In August 2007 a WEC couple moved to Aguascalientes in central Mexico to begin church planting alongside local churches in the area.

[edit] Church and State Relations

[edit] Mission

• There is one Mission Training College in the country to prepare workers for overseas work.

[edit] Challenges for Christians

• Persecution of Evangelicals has been a growing feature in Mexico.

At a national level the media regularly, in vitriolic terms, portray Evangelicals as anti-Mexican spies and destroyers of the culture. The exponential growth of Evangelicals has disturbed the conservative wing of the Catholic Church.

Pray that evangelical growth may stimulate reform and renewal rather than persecution!

At a local level, and especially in the poor Amerindian-majority southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, there have been numerous incidents of mob violence, crop-burnings, destruction of churches and homes, enforced expulsions of whole evangelical communities from their villages, harassment of evangelistic outreach and arrests of believers on trumped-up charges.

Pray that the believers may demonstrate the meekness and love of their Saviour when maltreated. Pray also for the full implementation of religious freedom at both national and local levels.

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Councils and Networks

[edit] Future Trends

[edit] For More Reading

• Wikipedia
• Joshua Project
• GRN