Project Southwest Europe

The following post was written by missionary Jeffrey Andrews. #7: Immigrants come for work, but find Christ! The population of Spain doubled during the twentieth century due to the spectacular demographic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s. The birth rate then plunged by the 1980s, and Spain’s population became stagnant, its demographics showing one of [...]

#6: Spain is a culturally and linguistically diverse country Culture: Cultural groups, but not properly distinct ethnic groups, include the Castilians of central Spain, the Asturians and the Basques of Vizcaya, Álava, Guipúzcoa, and (in part) Navarra provinces in the north, the Catalans of Catalonia, the Galicians of the far northwest, and the Andalusians of [...]

This post is by guest author David Velasquez, missionary to Spain #5: Spain has officially legalized abortion On February 24, 2010 the Spanish parliament, in its majority run by the liberal socialist party, approved a bill that makes it much easier to get an abortion in Spain. Since 1985 the country had allowed abortions but [...]

#4: Islam is the fastest growing organized religion in Spain There are approximately 1.5 million Muslims in Spain. The modern Muslim population started to arrive in significant numbers in the 1970s. Many were Moroccans coming to work in tourism and subsequent growth came when their families joined them. The state recognises Islam, affording it a [...]

#3: Spain is the least evangelized Spanish-speaking nation. As of 2010, 329 to 358 million people speak Spanish as a native language and a total of 417 million people speak it worldwide. Of these, approximately 47 million are Spanish, the vast majority of whom have never attended a Gospel preaching church, or heard a clear presentation [...]

#2: Spain has been without a major Gospel preaching movement for at least 1600 years. AD 33-70: Christianity came very early to the Peninsula. According to some  ancient writers such as Clement Of Rome & Eusebius, St. Paul visited Spain (see  Romans 15). AD 70-711When the Visigoths, whose leaders professed Arianism (the denial of  the divinity [...]

1: Spain is approximately 1.5 % evangelical Christian. Spain has a population of 46 million, with approximately 600,000 Evangelical/Protestant church-members (FEREDE). Over half of these are members of Pentecostal churches which teach a perverted form of the Gospel that tells people that their salvation is dependent upon their continued faithfulness. This leaves at best around [...]