Bible Society work in Slovakia
 Slovak
Bible SocietyMlynská 43 974 09 Banská Bystrica 9 Slovakia Tel: +(421)-48-413 4191 Fax: +(421)-48-413 4192 E-mail: kamenska@bible.sk |
Country Data:
| Area: | 49,036 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 5,379,455 (2001) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$3,700 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 100% (1990) | |
| Religions in % of Population: | Roman Catholic (incl. Uniate) |
68.0%
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| Protestant |
16.7%
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| Non-religious |
14.3%
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| Eastern Orthodox |
0.4%
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| Jehovah’s Witness |
0.3%
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| Jewish |
0.1%
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| Other |
0.2%
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| Official Language: | Slovak | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1812 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1993
(Bible Society of Czechoslovakia founded in 1948) |
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| Date of Full Membership in UBS: | 1997 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
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Bibles
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New
Testaments |
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| 3,224 | 1,150 | 7,627 | 0 | 616 | 14 |
Festival presence raises profile of Slovak Bible Society (Sept 2007)
Reaching Out to Slovakia’s Roma People (November 2000)
