PROLADES-RITA Latin American-Caribbean Urban Database

NOTE: These databases contain addresses for local congregations only.

Search the RITA Database of Religious Groups

You may use any combination of the following criteria to narrow your search:

Search By		Sort By
Select Database
Tradition
Classification Code
Denomination Code
Keyword
City
County-Canton-Partido
State-Department-Province
ZIP

INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT USING THE SEARCH ENGINE FEATURE:

SELECT DATABASE: Choose one of the available urban databases (local congregations only).

TRADITION and CLASCODE: see the CLASSIFICATION OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS document available in ENGLISH or SPANISH, which is formatted for the Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf).

You may narrow your SEARCH by selecting one or more of the options listed in the left-hand column above (use the middle column for your selection): CLASCODE, KEYWORD, CITY, COUNTY-CANTON-PARTIDO, STATE-DEPARTMENT- PROVINCE, ZIPCODE.

Also, you may SORT BY clicking on one of the items in the right-hand column above.

While viewing the selected database on your monitor, you may do additional SORTS by clicking on the appropriate COLUMN HEADER.

Please report any malfunction of the SEARCH ENGINE to the PROLADES-RITA Webmaster at: prolades@racsa.co.cr

FURTHER INFORMATION:
Most of the field names in the database are self-explanatory, but a few of them may need further definition:

DENCODE = Used to identify the DENOMINATIONAL AFFILIATION of each congregation; a listing of all the denominational names, clascodes and traditions used in this database are available at: http://www.prolades.com/clas-eng.pdf, which is formatted for viewing in the Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf).

CLASCODE = Used to sort the database by TRADITIONS and DENOMINATIONS; each DENOMINATION has its own CLASCODE (alpha-numerical) to facilitate the sorting of groups within the various FAMILIES of denominations and MAJOR TRADITIONS.

TRADITION = Used to describe the MAJOR RELIGIOUS TRADITION of the Protestant movement.

NOTE: If you would like more information about the definitions of any of the FIELD NAMES, please send us an e-mail with your request: prolades@racsa.co.cr

PROLADES = PROGRAMA LATINOAMERICANO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIORRELIGIOSOS / THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIO-RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM. www.prolades.com