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Where we work

Colombia

Facts about Colombia

Population: 42 million
Area: 1.1 million km.sq
Climate: Varies from cool to hot, according to altitude
Capital: Bogotá
Currency: Colombian Peso
People: 58& Mixed Race, 20% European Descent, 18% Afro-Colombian, 4% Indigenous
Official Language: Spanish
Religion: 95% Christian (17% Evangelical), 5% Other Faiths/None

Geography and climate

Colombia has highly productive farming land as well as Caribbean and Pacific coasts, and mountain ranges at the northern limits of the Andes that are susceptible to pacific rim earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. Two wet winters and two dry summers per year are normal in most parts. Colombia’s high levels of bio-diversity are recognised globally, particularly of butterflies.

Politics and economics

The fifth largest economy in Latin America, Colombia exports principally coffee and oil as well as emeralds. Recent tensions with neighbours Ecuador and Venezuela concerning cross-border guerrilla activity and drug smuggling have coloured regional relations. In the 1990s illegal coca growth and processing for cocaine grew substantially, with significant associated economic, social and environmental costs.

People and society

The third most populous country in Latin America, Colombia celebrates creativity and colour, resourcing design and other industries. Under extreme pressures of a civil war over 50 years that has left some four million people displaced internally and with traumatic stories dominant for many communities, the resilience and resourcefulness of Colombian society is impressive.

Religion and the church

A mainly strongly conservative Catholic church is challenged by Evangelical church growth, where the biggest Pentecostal denomination has three thousand congregations spread throughout the country. Afro-american rooted groups can include syncretistic ancestral worship practices.
The team covers bible seminary leadership and teaching in mission studies in Medellin, bible translation for the deaf and for a tribal group, youth mission trips on a wide scale, and care for communities displaced through guerrilla or paramilitary activity.

Meet our team in Colombia

Mission opportunities in Colombia

Given the extreme levels of instability that Colombia has experienced there are ample opportunities for work in resettlement and care for traumatised communities, including the devising of income generation strategies for those who have lost their principle means of earning a living by having to move away from the land they own. Church leadership training remains a keenly needed resource at many levels.

To find out more about mission in Colombia, please browse our opportunities or contact us.

Care and Social Action

Colombia, Bogotá

Work with Venezuelan migrant children in a poor area at the south of Bogotá in a nursery. Puedes trabajar con hijos de migrantes venezolanos en un area de escasos recursos

Care and Social Action

Colombia, Bogotá

Work with a foundation that shares the gospel with kids and young people through sports and camps in a poor area in the south of Bogotá. Puedes trabajar con una

Care and Social Action

Colombia, Bogotá

Work with kids from a depraved area in Bogotá whose parents are in jail or are exprisioners without work. Puedes trabajar con hijos de expresidiarios o presos en un area

Church development

Colombia, Bogotá

Work as part of a church planting team in a poor area in the south of Bogotá, in a community that includes many internally displaced Colombians and Venezuelan migrants. Se

Other

Colombia, Bogota

The project works with some of the main universities in Bogota with groups of students running discipleship programmes. They run bible studies, retreats and training for students and young professionals.

Care and Social Action

Colombia, Bogota

This project works in an urban area in the central part of Bogota where there is a lot of social problems related to drug use, social deprivation, prostitution and abuse

Education and Training

Colombia, Bogota

This school is specifically designed for deaf children and the education is geared towards helping them learn and engage with wider society. The school is part of a wider Christian

Care and Social Action

Colombia, Bogota

A community project primarily for children and young people although also working with the women and local families in a deprived neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Colombian capital. The

Education and Training

Colombia, Bogota

The school is based in the mountainside on the edge of Bogota in a poor neighbourhood where unemployment and access to services is low. The quality of education in the

Evangelism

Colombia, Medellin

Be part of a outreach team establishing a new church as part of the Redil group of churches in an urban neighbourhood of Medellin, Colombia´s 2nd city. The work would