Christianity in Tanzania

Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Tanzania. A 2010 Pew survey found 61.4 percent of respondents to be Christian, 35.2 percent to be Muslim, 1.8 percent to follow traditional African religions, 1.4 percent to be unaffiliated, and 0.1 percent to be Hindu.[1] According to a 2015 study 27.7% of the population was Protestant and 25.6% was Catholic.[2] These are also the figures in the CIA World Factbook though that also note that Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim.[3] A 2008-09 Pew survey found that 51 percent Tanzanian Christians described themselves as Roman Catholic, and 44 percent described themselves as Protestant.[4]: page 22  Among Protestants, Lutherans (13 percent of Tanzanian Christians), Pentecostals (10 percent), Anglicans (10 percent), and adherents of African initiated churches (5 percent) dominate.[4]: page 23  The Eastern Orthodox Church claims an estimated 200,000 adherents in Tanzania.[5] The United Methodist Church claims 8,371 members in Tanzania [6]

Azania Front Lutheran Church
St Joseph's Catholic cathedral, Zanzibar

A 2015 study estimates some 180,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background living in the country, most of them Protestant.[7]

See also

References
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  1. Global Religious Diversity: Full Report (PDF). Pew Research Center. 4 April 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. https://www.partner-religion-development.org/fileadmin/user_upload/190915_Faith_Development_in_Focus_Tanzania.pdf
  3. "The World Fact Book: Tanzania". Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  4. ""Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa", Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2010, accessed 17 October 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. "Ιεραποστολή στην Ινδονησία".
  6. "2018 Tanzania Annual Conference – The United Methodist Church". www.umc.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01.
  7. Johnstone, Patrick; Miller, Duane A (2015). "Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census". IJRR. 11: 14. Retrieved 20 November 2015.


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