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Facts
- Spain has over 40,000,000 people.
- Religious liberty has only been a constitutional
right since 1978.
- 90% claim to be Catholic (not necessarily practicing)
- There are only approx. 88,000 evangelical Christians.
(60% are Gypsies)
- Of 81,000 towns, only 650 have evangelical churches
(ie: 80,350 have no evangelical presence.)
- An average church has between 50 and 100 members
- There has never been a Christian revival in Spain.
- Spain has one of the highest rates of immigration in
Europe.
- Spain has one of the lowest rates for asylum
applications in the EU
- Spain has one of the lowest percentages of successful
asylum applications in the EU.
|
Applications for asylum (2005) |
Status |
% |
| 2001 |
9,490 |
278 |
11 |
| 2002 |
6,309 |
157 |
9 |
| 2003 |
5,918 |
215 |
8.05 |
| 2004 |
5,544 |
166 |
2.9 |
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