Venezuela

Field Office Information

C&MA Field Entry in 1972. The first North American missionaries entered in 1981.

Field Director:

Mailing Address:

Apartado 66064 El Cafetal
Caracas 1061, VENEZUELA

Phone:

011-58-212-761-9395

Email:

cmavenfin@gmail.com

Website:

National Church

The Christian and Missionary Alliance of Venezuela: 8 organized churches, 2 unorganized groups, 2 ordained ministers, 757 baptized members, and 1,375 inclusive members

Team Initiatives

• Grow the El Encuentro church plant into a church of impact in the northeastern part of Caracas.
• Work with pastors and leaders in their development as church leaders through our Bible Institute.
• Work on a church-planting effort on the Venezuelan island of Margarita. Our Chinese missionaries make four evangelistic trips there annually.

Former Missionary to Venezuela Dies

2006-06-23 08:04:57.0

Christy Meadows, former missionary to Venezuela, went to be with the Lord on June 20 after a long battle with cancer. She was 37 years old. Meadows performed her home service at Risen King Community Church in Redding, California, from 1994 to 1996, after which she left for San Jose, Costa Rica, in January 1997, for a year of language study. 

     Meadows served in Caracas in church-planting ministries. After her first term was over, she concluded with International Ministries and went to work at Simpson College. She transferred to Toccoa Falls College in 2004 where she served as director of admissions. 

     A memorial is planned at Risen King Community Church for Wednesday, June 28.

Demographics

Population

Population--25,375,281 Infant mortality rate--22.2/1,000 Life expectancy--74.3

Capital City

Caracas (3,517,300) pop.

Geography

Slightly more than twice the size of California, Venezuela (352,143 sq. mi.) has lowlands, grassy plains, and mountains in the north, great forest areas and mountains in the south, and vast grasslands in the center.

Languages

Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects

Ethnicity/Race

Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people

Economy

Per capita income--$5,800 Inflation--22.4% Unemployment--17.1% Literacy rate--93% (2003 est.)

Government/Political Climate

Federal republic. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Current concerns include a polarized political environment, a politicized military, and drug-related violence along the Colombian border.

Religion

Roman Catholic--96%; Protestant--2%; other--2%