10 Mediterranean Islands

1 Sicily (Italy) 25,460 5,010,000 Palermo

2 Sardinia  (Italy) 24,090 1,656,000 Cagliari

3 Cyprus  (Cyprus, Turkey, UK) 9,251 1088503 Nicosia

4 Corsica  (France) 8,681 322,000 Ajaccio

5 Crete  (Greece) 8,312 624,000 Heraklion

6 Majorca  (Spain) 3,640 846,000 Palma

7 Rhodes  (Greece) 1,398 117,000 Rhodes

8 Corfu  (Greece) 592 108,000 Corfu

9 Ibiza  (Spain) 577 111,000 Ibiza Town

10 Malta  (Malta) 246 409,259 Valletta

There are well over 150 islands all told. Other well known examples include Lesbos, Chios, Minorca and Elba.

GBA 2011 06

At 2.30 pm this afternoon we had a short and happy business meeting where 55 messengers from 34 different churches. Then at 5 pm we had an excellent news session.

Brian Ellis showed a slide presentation on the work in the Philippines. Crawford Gribbin said a little bit about the church he belongs to in Port Laois.

David Butler from EMF spoke about the encouraging work of Andrew and Vivian Birch in Majorca. The only discouraging factor here is the lack of conversions among the indigenous people. Daniel Webber retires soon to be succeeded by martin Leech. Iorg Muller will be coming from Germany to carry on Martin's work.

Walter Johnston is a regular at the Assembly and it was encouraging and challenging to hear him talk about the prison work that he and others from the church are involved in.

Adam Laughton reminded us of his imminent move south to be involved in the London Gateway church planting project which will now begin in West Gravesend.

Martin Grubb flagged up a forthcoming conference with Jim Renihan Roots that refresh.

Finally, a London pastor spoke of the beginning of opportunities in the local mosque in East London.