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Bahamas

Religions: Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, other 5%

Ethnic groups: Black 85%, White, Asian and Hispanic

Location: Southeast of Florida in the Caribbean

Size: 5,382 square miles (13,940 square kilometers) or slightly smaller than Connecticut

Population: 297,852 (2001 est.)

Schweissing, Daniel and Estela Schweissing Daniel and Estela


Estela ministers to Haitian women and children through the Mission Baptist Consortium of churches in Nassau, Bahamas. Due to impoverished conditions and political instability in Haiti, more than 50,000 Haitian immigrants now reside in the Bahamas - most are undocumented. Like many other immigrant communities throughout the world, Haitians in the Bahamas face severe discrimination and often do menial labor for substandard wages. In the midst of such injustice, Estela hopes that her own experience as a Haitian in the Dominican Republic will help her to identify with the people and bolster the work and testimony of Haitian Baptist believers in the Bahamas.


 


Dan serves the Mission Baptist Consortium of Churches in the area of theological education at Atlantic College and Theological Seminary in Nassau. His work will continue International Ministries' longstanding commitment to prepare national leaders to more effectively serve their local churches and communities.


 


Languages used in ministry: English and Haitian Creole