Bible Society work in Chile

Chilean Bible Society
Casilla 784
Santiago
Chile

Tel: +(56)-(0)2-638-3139
Fax: +(56)-(0)2-633-4413
E-mail: sgral@entelchile.net

Country Data:

Area: 756,626 sq.km.
Population: 14,973,843 (1999)
Annual Per Capita Income: US$4,610 (2000)
Literate Population: 95.2% (1995)
Religions in % of Population (1992): Roman Catholic
76.7%
Protestant
13.2%
Non-religious
5.8%
Mormon
3.0%
Other
1.3%
Official Language: Spanish

Bible Society Data:

Beginning of organised work: 1812
Date of formation of Bible Society: 1969
Date of Full Membership in UBS: 1972
Scripture distribution in 2005:
Bibles
New
Testaments
103,191 12,828 75,647 205,932 1,966,296 1,445,919

The Bible at the top of the world (December 2006)
A travelling salesman for Jesus (November 2006)
Chile’s Romani people to have New Testament in their own language (November 2002)

New Testaments for Chile’s New Students
(December 1998)
First Mapudungun New Testament for the Mapuche (June 1997)

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