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Christianity in Sierra Leone

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Church and Missionary House in Regent, Sierra Leone (1850)

Christians in Sierra Leone constitute approximately 10 percent (~574,300) of the country's population (5,743,725[1] - 2014 est.). Other sources report that the population of Christians in Sierra Leone may reach 21%.[2]

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice.[2]

Intermarriage between Muslims and Christians is common.[2] Islam and Christianity are often syncretized with indigenous religious beliefs.[2]

Protestantism

Main articles: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone and United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone

The majority of Sierra Leonean Christians are Protestants, of which the largest are Methodists[3] and Evangelicals.[4]

Roman Catholicism

Main article: Roman Catholicism in Sierra Leone

Catholics are the second largest non Protestant Christians division in Sierra Leone at about 5% of the country's population.[5]

References

  1. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pu.html
  2. ^ a b c d International Religious Freedom Report for 2013: Sierra Leone
  3. ^ World Council of Churches
  4. ^ The History of the Evangelical Fellowship of Sierra Leone
  5. ^ Catholic Culture story
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