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The West Indies became a self-governing province in 1883 because of the Church of England missions in territories that became British colonies. [clarification needed] It is made up of two mainland dioceses and six island dioceses, including Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, the Bahamas, the North-Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands.
Christians have made many contributions in a broad and diverse range of fields, including the sciences, arts, politics, literatures, sports and business This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
As a fact, in the list Óscar Romero is the only native saint of Central America [1] and the Caribbean. The rest were Spanish missionaries who carried out their apostolic work in these American countries. Louis Bertrand, Dominican priest (Panama and the Caribbean) Declared Venerable: N/A; Beatified: 19 July 1608 by Pope Paul V
The church was able to host a meeting of all workers in the West Indies from 5 to 15 November 1898 at Text Lane, in Kingston, Jamaica. By February 1899, there were six organized churches and 15 other congregations, with a total of 502 members and about 100 other Sabbath-keepers.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Caribbean (5 C, 2 P) Christianity in Anguilla (2 C) Christianity in the British Virgin Islands (5 C, 2 P)
Christian Jacob Protten – Gold Coast educator and missionary; Rebecca Protten – Caribbean Moravian evangelist and missionary to the Gold Coast; August Gottlieb Spangenberg – head of the Moravian Church in America in its early days; David Zeisberger – Moravian missionary known for his role in the history of the Christian Munsee
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [11] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
The Caribbean Conference of Churches is a regional ecumenical body with 33 member churches in 34 territories across the Dutch, English, French and Spanish speaking territories of the Caribbean. [1] It was founded in 1973 and is based in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.