I did a little research on wikipedia on religion in Spain. I wanted to share it with you. This is what I found:
Roman Catholicism has long been the main religion of Spain,and although it no longer has official status by law,in all public schools in Spain students have to choose either religion or ethics and Catholic is the only religion officially taught although in some schools there are large numbers of Muslim students together. According to a July 2009 study by the Spanish Center of Sociological Research about 73% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics, 2% other faith, and about 22% identify with no religion. Most Spaniards do not participate regularly in religious services. This same study shows that of the Spaniards who identify themselves as religious, 58% hardly ever or never go to church, 17% go to church some times a year, 9% some time per month and 15% every Sunday or multiple times per week.[126]
But according to a December 2006 study, 48% of the population declared a belief in a supreme being, while 41% described themselves as atheist or agnostic.[127] Altogether, about 22% of the entire Spanish population attends religious services at least once per month.[128] Though Spanish society has become considerably more secular in recent decades, the influx of Latin American immigrants, who tend to be strong Catholic practitioners, has helped the Catholic Church to recover.
Please, please, please be praying for me. On Thursday our NavNite was dedicated to missions. As I sat and soaked it all in, I really felt God telling me to get ready. I was terrified. God was telling me that this trip is not about me or for me. It's about Him. I will be in Spain to represent Him and bring glory to Him. We serve a crazy God. He's unpredicable. We never know what He's going to do to shake up our lives. WHOA! I am do thankful and humbled that God would choose to use me in this way. I trust Him in it, but I am still scared out of my mind. It's kind of a big deal. Please be praying for me that I would be sensitive to His guidance. Pray that God would give me courage and boldness like Peter and John (Acts 4:13). Pray that I would be selfless and humbled throughout my time in Spain. Pray that I would remember and trust in God's sovereignty.
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