Colombia

Field Office Information

C&MA Field Entry in 1923

Field Director:

Mailing Address:

Apartado Aero 5969
Cali Valle, COLOMBIA

Phone:

011-57-2-892-2673

Email:

cmacolombia@gmail.com

Website:

National Church

Colombian Christian and Missionary Alliance: 157 organized churches, 236 unorganized groups, 66 ordained ministers, 32,530 baptized members, and 40,458 inclusive members

Team Initiatives

• Raise up a strong, committed leadership in the Cali West church plant among the upper class.
• Move the U.S. C&MA mission toward transitioning out of Colombia. The exact date depends on when the national church will be strong enough to support itself. Pray for wisdom as our workers press toward this goal.

Doctors Declare a Miracle

2008-10-08 08:02:49.0

In what doctors are calling a miraculous answer to prayer, the daughter of Rev. Humberto Guzman, Colombia C&MA church president, was healed of complete paralysis following a car accident. Leidy, who ministers to more than 300 university students, was paralyzed from the neck down, having broken the fourth vertebrae of her neck. The Alliance family prayed for Leidy, and she has regained feeling. She was released from the hospital October 6 and must wear a neck brace. "The doctors consider this a miracle and a direct answer to prayer," said a spokesperson for the C&MA's International Ministries. "Praise the Lord!"

Demographics

Population

Population--42,954,279 Infant mortality rate--21.0/1,000 Life expectancy--71.7

Capital City

Santafé de Bogotá (6,837,800) pop.

Geography

A little less than three times the size of Montana, Colombia (439,733 sq. mi.) has three Andean ranges running north and south in the western half of the country. The eastern half is a low, jungle-covered plain.

Languages

Spanish

Ethnicity/Race

Mestizo--58%; White--20%; Mulatto--14%; Black--4%; mixed Black-Amerindian--3%; Amerindian--1%

Economy

Per capita income--$6,600 Inflation--5.9% Unemployment--13.6% Literacy rate--93% (2003 est.)

Government/Political Climate

Republic; executive branch dominates government structure. A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government.

Religion

Roman Catholic--90%; other--10%