FRANCE

Population -- 67 million people

#1 tourist country worldwide

Evangelical Christians -- 0.8% to 1%

35,000 of 36,551 cites/towns/villages are without an Evangelical church.

French evangelicals face tough cultural hurdles. Faith in France is viewed with skepticism if not hostility. French enlightenment philosophy contained an “animus against Christianity,” as the late US historian Page Smith noted. French discourse is Marxist, atheist, and secular. Religion is mostly Catholic or Islamic. French evangelicals proselytize far less openly and sharing is often discreet, relying more on deeds than words.