The Czech Republic

Fun Facts

1. Czech consumes more beer than any other country in the world. (145-160 liters a year per person)
2. Czech chemists, Otto Witchterle and Drahoslav Lim, invented contact lenses.
3. Czech has the highest density of castles in the world.
4. "Robot", "pistol", and "dollar" came from the Czech language
5. Google is not the #1 search engine used there. They have their own, Seznam.cz!

Spiritual Climate

1. Less than 1 out of every 100 Czechs are evangelical Christians. (0.7% to be exact) 
2. Czech is among the top 5 countries in the world that claim to be non-religious/atheist. (Many studies show Czech to be in the top 3.)
3. Catholicism is the major religion. (26% of the country claims to be Catholic, but this number is on the decline.)
4. Protestant Christians are viewed more like "sects," instead of Christians.
5. There are 65,000 Roma people (gypsies) who reside in Czech and have their own language. These people are completely unreached with only a few churches targeting them.

History & Geography

Click here for Czech's historical timeline.