British Columbia

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British Columbia

• The Harvest Field

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Population
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PopulationContinued Growth

• In 20 years BCs population is expected to
  increase to a total of 5,384,400

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PopulationLower Mainland

• 49.5 of BCs population lives in the Vancouver
  Census Metropolitan Area
• Nearly 1 of every 7 British Columbians lives
  within the city of Vancouver

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Immigration by Province
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BCs Immigrants

• The number of immigrants living in BC as of the
  1991 Census was 723,170
• That number climbed to 903,190 by the 1996 Census
  - a 25 increase
• More than 70 (633,745) of BCs immigrants live
  in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area

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Countries of Origin
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Recent Immigrants(1991 - 1996)
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Home Language

• English - 85
• Chinese - 6
• Punjabi - 2

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Believe in God

• An Angus Reid Poll revealed that 84 of Canadians
  believe in God
• The same poll indicated that only 75 of British
  Columbians believe in God

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Weekly Church Attendance

• The poll also indicated that only 20 Canadians
  attend church weekly
• In BC that number is two percentage points lower
  - 18

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Church Attendance required for a Christian?

• 81 of Canadians say church attendance is not
  required to be a good Christian
• In BC 82 of the population say no to church

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Beliefs about Christianity

• Nationally, 70 feel their private beliefs about
  Christianity are more important than what is
  taught by any church
• 75 of BC residents indicated they felt the same

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British Columbia

• The Harvest Force

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Biblically Orthodox Churches

• As of 12/31/98 there were 1,505 churches across
  British Columbia
• Churches per capita 12,673

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Church Attendance

• In 1990 BC churches average 157.8 people in
  attendance weekly
• In 1997 average weekly church attendance
  increased to 187.3

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How Many Attendees?

• 7 (281,887) of BCs population attend a
  Biblically Orthodox church on a weekly basis

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British Columbia

• The Need

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Churches Needed?

• If the average Biblically Orthodox church reaches
  187.3 people, then we would need and additional
  19,974 churches to connect with every British
  Columbian

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Church Planting

• If the national goal of 10,000 new churches by
  2015 is to be reached, BC should then be
  responsible for 1,187 - just under 80 per year
• The goal is to have a total of 2,692 Biblically
  Orthodox churches by 2015