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According to le Telegramme yesterday 17% of people in the Guingamp area speak breton. It makes it the 3rd area for Breton speakers in the whole of Brittany. There are about 206 000 fluent breton speakers for the whole of Brittany (about 5% of the population).
For my Welsh speaking friends, the following article appeared recently in “Y Goleuad”, the paper of The Presbyterian Church in Wales, but also, I am told, in the papers of the Welsh Baptists and Independents. I wrote a small section about the work in Guingamp, and my Father in law complemented it. Watch out for another article to appear in the next issue of “Y cylchgrawn” (an interview)
Tro yn Llydaw
gan y Parchg Ioan DaviesNid yn aml y meddylia pobl heddiw am Ffrainc na Llydaw fel maes cenhadol. Wedi’r cyfan, onid oes yna eglwysi gorwych bron ym mhob tref a phentref, a gellir gweld gorymdeithiau lliwgar, poblogaidd ar eu gwyliau arbennig? Digon gwir, ond wedi dweud hynny, prin iawn yw’r bobl sy’n mynychu oedfaon y Sul gydag unrhyw gysondeb, heb sôn am bobl â phrofiad achubol o’r Efengyl.
Our weekly market visit was Bégard. It was quite cold and quiet.
According to a poll from 2010, only 10% of French protestant Pastors (including liberal and evangelicals) believe in the historicity of Genesis 1-3. The same pole results show that only 22 % of protestants believe the same. About 1/3rd of Protestants are Evangelicals. You can see the results of this poll here.
While the rest of Europe is freezing and extremely cold, the weather in Brittany has not been too bad. It has been a bit colder, but we haven’t had any extreme temperatures yet. Some parts have had a bit of snow, but nothing with us, just rain. But winter is not finished. We could have a bit of snow tomorrow.