Venezuela
Field Facilitator
Cuidad Ojeda
Outreach Activities in Venezuela
- Minister alongside a local church
- The church has a Christian school attached to it where teams may serve in the food shelf
- Love on children through puppet shows and other creative expressions
- Fellowship with Venezuelan familians in their home group ministry
- Opportunities to encourage and minister to the local church's youth group
- Door-to door ministry
- Construction and clean up
Ministry Outreach Locations
Cuidad Ojeda, Tia Juana
Population
22,213,000. Annual growth rate of 2.4%
Peoples
Spanish-speaking - 96.7%
- Amerindian - 2%
- Other - 1.3%
Languages
Official language is Spanish.
Capital
Caracas: 3,600,000.
Economy
One of the world's largest oil producers. Oil wealth has benefited the rich elite at the expense of the poor. Some attempts are being made to diversify the economy. Large-scale corruption, exposed by falling revenues from oil, has created resentment and instability. Unemployment is at 9.6%. Public debt/person $1,305. Income/person $2,450 (11% of USA).
Politics
Independent from Spain as part of Gran Colombia in 1821; and as a separate state in 1830. A succession of revolutions and harsh dictatorships ended in 1958. Stable democracy for 30 years until economic stress and disillusionment with corrupt government provoked a number of civilian riots and political coups which have weakened the government. The ruling party was rejected by the electorate in the December 1992 elections, but the results have been widely disputed.
Religion
Freedom of religion.
- Protestant: 5.3%
- Roman Catholic: 87.7%
- Spiritist/animist: 2.4%
- Non-religious/Other: 4.6%
