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The Bourn Family in France

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Capital: Paris

Population: 60,656,178 (July 2005 est.)

 Ethnic Groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities

Languages:  French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages    (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

 Religions: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%

*Over 43 million French people have no real link with a Christian church*

ASSOCIATE FIELD LEADER OF OM IN FRANCE

 The Bourns are working with Operation Mobilisation, coordinating an internship and training program in conjunction with church-planting projects in the Loire Valley region.  They currently have:

  • 3 interns serving with three churches in this region
  • There is approximately only one Evangelical Protestant Fellowship for every 70,000 inhabitants.

Simon serves as Associate Field Leader of the OM work in France.  The family is also involved with local church ministry in the town of Saint Sebastien-sur-Loire.

 

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