Английская Википедия:Christianity in Sierra Leone

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

Christians in Sierra Leone constitute approximately 70.8% percent of the country's population as of 2013.[1] Other sources report that the population of Christians in Sierra Leone may reach 64%.[2] Christianity was brought to Sierra Leone by the Nova Scotian Settlers when they founded the Colony of Sierra Leone in March 1792.

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

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

Roman Catholicism

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

References

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