Dominican Republic
FIELD FACILITATOR
Ricci Paulino
Outreach Activities
- On a STEM
outreach to the DR some of the typical ministry activities may include:
- Going door-to-door with Dominican Christians to share the Gospel
- Reaching children through Vacation Bible School
- Using sports and music as a bridge to Dominican youth
- Visiting hospitals, orphanages, or prisons
- Serving the Dominican church through construction projects
Ministry outreach locations
Harvest-member churches throughout the country.
Location
The DR forms the Eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola; Haiti forms the Western one-third.
Population
7,915,000; Annual growth rate of 2.0%
Peoples
- Afro-Caribbean - 69.0%
- Euro-American - 14.0%
- Haitian - 16%
- Other - 1.0%
Language
Official Language is Spanish.
CapitAl
Santo Domingo: 2,411,000.
Economy
The global economic slowdown has impacted the DR’s growth rate in recent years. A wide gap separates the wealthy from the poor, with over 40% of the population living below the poverty line.
Politics
The DR is one of the more stable and democratic countries in the Caribbean. The Catholic church wields great political power.
Haitian immigrants form a large under-class in the DR, and face discrimination and exploitation.
Religion
Catholicism is the official religion, but there is freedom for other religions.
- Roman Catholic: 95%
- Half the population is estimated to be involved in occult practices
