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 The number of Salvadorans who profess the evangelical Christian faith almost doubled in 11 years, rising from 20.6% to 38.2% of the population while the percentage of Catholics dropped from 55.2% to 50.4 % over the same period, said a national survey.
The survey, developed by the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA, run by Jesuits) between 12 and 26 June, 1,260 people consulted to determine the "affiliation and religious practice" of Salvadorans, according to a statement released by the institution education this past October 12. 50.4% of respondents admitted that professes Catholicism while 38.2% declared their membership of any evangelical church, the report said.
Comparing these results with other similar survey carried out by the same AAU in 1998 found that in 11 years the number of Catholics decreased by 4.8 percentage points, while the evangelicals grew at 17.6 points.
BELIEF AND OTHER MATTERS
In last June's survey, 2.5% said he has a faith other than Christianity, and 8.9% said they did not profess any religion.
Moreover, 52.1% believed that churches should not be involved as belligerents in conflicts of a social or political in the country, while 45.5% felt that churches should be involved in these matters.
Respondents also were divided almost fifty percent to be consulted on whether churches should have some political connection, for while 45.6% considered it appropriate, 46.6% disapproved of this.
On the possibility that public schools provide religious instruction, 92.4% were either "very" or "somewhat" agree with that.
Las Maras killed a young Protestant
The cold statistics had a black end point for Protestants. The next day to publicize the survey, occurred in San Salvador, the assassination with a series of shots at close range by Jorge Alberto Olmedo, son of Maria Trinidad Olmedo, historic leader of Community Based and Director of the NGO Lutheran Love and Ministry Solidarity serving homeless in San Salvador.
Jorge Alberto suffered violent threats days before the youth of the two big gangs (Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13 and Mara-18) operating in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico since the previous decade and kept in suspense or anxiety to most people in these countries.
George was a bus driver and threatened to not pay a "tribute" to gangs. He was shot outside his wife.
Both gangs, which emerged in the United States by Salvadoran immigrants, operate in "territories or districts" in most of the country and to sustain the demand has increased taxes to businesses, companies and individuals.
In El Salvador, the figures for death by violence and crime is 16 people per day, of whom 80 percent are linked to extortion, and fights between gang members. Source: EFE, LAC. Edition: ACPress.net
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The number of Salvadorans who profess the evangelical Christian faith almost doubled in 11 years, rising from 20.6% to 38.2% of the population while the percentage of Catholics dropped from 55.2% to 50.4 % over the same period, said a national survey. 
