Index
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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christianity | Pakistan | 3,500,000 | 2.50% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Collins, Lois M. "Pakistani Christian speaks out " in Deseret News, 9 Oct. 1999 (v. online 9 Oct. 1999). | "She is describing the life of a Christian in Pakistan, where fewer than 3 percent of the 140 million population are Christian. " |
| Christianity | Pakistan: Punjab | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 643. | "Today, Punjab Province in Pakistan is 97% Muslim and 2% Christian, with small numbers of Hindus and other groups in the population. " |
| Christianity | Palau | - | - | - | - | 1997 | Leibo, Steven A. East, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 194. | "Principal Religion: Predominantly Roman Catholic and Protestant Christianity. " |
| Christianity | Papua New Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 180. | "Although in nearly every country around the rim of Asia an identifiable Christianity could be found, only in the islands of the sea, in the Philipines, in Papua New Guinea, and in South Korea was it the obvious and perfasive religion of the land. " |
| Christianity | Papua New Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 180. | "In Papua New Guinea mass movemetns of tribe after tribe were under way into a Christianity which was enthusiastic, dramatically different from traditional tribal religion, and, since new, elementary in the extreme. " |
| Christianity | Papua New Guinea | 3,357,692 | 97.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site " | "The 1990 census recorded just over ninety thousand people (2.6%) who claimed they followed no religion and a mere ten thousand people (0.3%) who declared themselves to be non-Christian. The other 97% are, at least nominally, followers of the Christian faith. " |
| Christianity | Papua New Guinea | 3,384,000 | 94.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Population: 3,600,000 (1991 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)... Religion: Christian 94%, traditional religion 3%, cargo cult 2%, Baha'i 1% " |
| Christianity | Paraguay | - | 98.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 98%, secular 1%, traditional religion 1% " |
| Christianity | Pennsylvania | - | 87.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990... Self-identification of religious loyalty, using representative sample of 113,000 people in phone interviews. Sum of % by state of 21 main groups Kosmin classified as Christian: Assemblies of God, Baptist, Christianity - no denomination supplied, Church of God - all denominations, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Evangelical/Born Again, Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints, Holiness/Holy, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventists |
| Christianity | Pennsylvania | - | 76.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Sum of all major groups classified by study as Christian: Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Mormon/LDS, Church of Christ, Non-denominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist.] |
| Christianity | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia | 1,408,000 | 88.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 110. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Cities by Percentage ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total Philadelphia pop: 1.6 million. |
| Christianity | Peru | - | 98.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 98%, traditional religion 1%, secular 1% " |
| Christianity | Philippines | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 180. | "Although in nearly every country around the rim of Asia an identifiable Christianity could be found, only in the islands of the sea, in the Philipines, in Papua New Guinea, and in South Korea was it the obvious and perfasive religion of the land... " |
| Christianity | Philippines | 47,840,000 | 92.00% | - | - | 1987 | Bjener, Tamiko; Rhoda Sherwood, et al. Philippines (series: Children of the World). Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing (1987); pg. 51, 53. | "About 83% of the people are Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim, and 3% other religions. "; Pg. 51: "...Philippines' population of 52 million... " |
| Christianity | Philippines | 63,470,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997); pg. 160-161. | List: "Top 10 Largest Christian Populations in the World "; (Rank: 5) |
| Christianity | Philippines | 60,390,000 | 91.50% | - | - | 1997 | Leibo, Steven A. East, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 136. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Christianity | Philippines | 65,217,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998); pg. 76. | Table: "Top 10 Largest Christian Populations in the World "; Rank: #5 |
| Christianity | Philippines: Iligan City | - | 93.61% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Iligan City, Philippines: General Information " (1998) | "Religion : Christian 93.61%; Others 6.39% " |
| Christianity | Puerto Rico | - | 99.00% | - | - | 1979 | Perl, Lila. Puerto Rico: Island Between Two Worlds. New York: William Morrow and Company (1979); pg. 82. | "...while 99% of Puerto Ricans are considered to be Christians--with about 80% Roman Catholic and the rest belonging to Protestant faiths--most appear to practice an unorthodox mixture of local customs and church rituals. " |
| Christianity | Reunion | 617,500 | 95.00% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Unusual Destinations and www.Southern-Africa.com "; web page: "Reunion " (viewed 8 Feb. 1999). | "While 95% of the 650,000+ inhabitants are Christian, there is a large Muslim community. " |
| Christianity | Rhode Island | - | 87.50% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990... Self-identification of religious loyalty, using representative sample of 113,000 people in phone interviews. Sum of % by state of 21 main groups Kosmin classified as Christian: Assemblies of God, Baptist, Christianity - no denomination supplied, Church of God - all denominations, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Evangelical/Born Again, Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints, Holiness/Holy, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventists |
| Christianity | Rhode Island | - | 77.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Sum of all major groups classified by study as Christian: Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Mormon/LDS, Church of Christ, Non-denominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist.] |
| Christianity | Roman Empire | 7,500,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 200 C.E. | Rausch, David A. & Carl Hermann Voss. World Religions: Our Quest for Meaning; Trinity Press International: Valley Forge, PA (1993); pg. 158. | "By... 200 C.E., Christianity could be found in all parts of the Roman Empire, and... constituted approximately 10% of the empire's population of 75 million. This is the same percentage the Jewish community had constituted a century and a half before. " |
| Christianity | Roman Empire | - | 50.00% | - | - | 299 C.E. | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 495. | "Harnack estimates that by the end of the third century Christians numbered nearly one-half of the population of the Roman Empire. " |
| Christianity | Roman Empire | - | - | - | - | 300 C.E. | Walker, Williston. A History of the Christian Church (3rd ed., revised by Robert T. Handy; 1st ed. 1918). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1970); pg. 96. | "By 300 Christianity was effectively represented in all parts of the empire. Its distribution was very unequal, but it was influential in the central provinces of political importance, in Asia Minor, Macedonia, Syria, Egypt, northern Africa, central Italy, southern Gaul and Spain. " |
| Christianity | Roman Empire | - | 10.00% | - | - | 323 C.E. | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 44-45. | "Christianity Adapts Itself, A.D. 100-323... McGlothlin says that 'by the end of the period, perhaps as much as one-tenth of the population of the empire was Christian.' " |
| Christianity | Roman Empire | - | - | - | - | 400 C.E. | Oxtoby, Willard G. The Meaning of Other Faiths. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press (1983); pg. 63. | "Estimates of Constantine's motives [for converting to Christianity] range all the way from pious convert to scheming oportunist... In any event, his outward acts reflect a pattern of first toleration and then favor toward Christianity. Rome did not become Christian overnight, but by the end of the fourth century it was fairly solidly so. " |
| Christianity | Roman Empire - East | - | 10.00% | - | - | 303 C.E. | Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1977); pg. 48-49. | "With this act the final agony of the Church began; it was to last from 303 to 312... The struggle for the soul of the Empire raged on a vast scale, for though only a sprinkling in the West, Christians in the East numbered around 10% of the population, and in some cities even formed the majority. " |
| Christianity | Russia | - | 56.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Monday Morning Reality Check " (Protestant); web page (1996 list): "Eastward shift of Christianity to post-Communist world " by Justin D. Long, 1996 (viewed 12 March 1999) | "Over 56% of Russia is Christian, with most affiliated with the Orthodox church. " |
| Christianity | Russia | 37,400,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997); pg. 160-161. | List: "Top 10 Largest Christian Populations in the World "; (Rank: 10) |
| Christianity | Rwanda | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1977 | Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1977); pg. 343. | "Situated on the eastern border of the Congo [Zaire], Rwanda and Burundi (formerly Rwanda-Yrundi, a single political unit) provide another example of spectacular gains. They too were opened for Catholicism by the White Fathers. About half of their populations are now Christian, the overwhelming majority Roman Catholics. " |
| Christianity | Rwanda | 4,345,000 | 55.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 89. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Christianity | Rwanda | 6,300,000 | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 360-361. | "Location:Rwanda; Population: 7 million "; Pg. 361: "...about 60% of Rwandans today are catholic, and another 20-30% are Protestants of various denominations. " |
| Christianity | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45,000 | 99.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Total pop. (1986) 45,000. Most citizens were at least nominal members of the Anglican Church, although exact figures not available. The remainder of the pop. belonged to other Protestant denominations, incl. Church of God, Methodist, & Baptist. [Location listed here as "Saint Christopher and Nevis, " the former name.] |
| Christianity | Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 41,803. Anglican, other Protestant sects, Roman Catholic |
| Christianity | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 119,092. Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist |
| Christianity | Samoa | - | 98.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 98%, Baha'i 2% " |
| Christianity | Samoa | 160,550 | 95.00% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Samoa/Congregational Christian Church in Samoa (CCCS) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "[Western] Samoa?Country information: Population: 169,000... Main religions: Christianity (95%) " |
| Christianity | Samoa, American | - | 92.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Population: 40,625 (1990 Honolulu Star Bulletin)... Religion: Christian 92% " |
| Christianity | Samoa, American | 61,813 | 100.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant denominations and other 30%; Total population: 61,819 |
| Christianity | Samoa, Western | 218,850 | 99.70% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 219,509; Note: other estimates as low as 162,000. Religions: Christian 99.7% (about one-half of pop. associated with the London Missionary Society; incl. Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saint, Seventh-Day Adventist) |
| Christianity | Samoa, Western | 156,800 | 98.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 665. | "The population of Western Samoa is estimated at around 160,000 people... "; "Christianity is the dominant, if not the only, religion practiced in Western Samoa. Ninety-eight percent of Samoans are professed Christians. Western Samoans are extremely proud of their devotion to the Christian faith and their adherence to its practices. Several Christian denominations, including the Methodists, Seventh Day Adventists, Catholics, and Mormons coexist within Samoan villages. " |
| Christianity | Sao Tome and Principe | 147,865 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 147,865. Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist |
| Christianity | Senegal | 420,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Christianity | Senegal | 188,071 | 2.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 9,403,546. Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic) |
| Christianity | Senegal | 840,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 59. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 pop.; "...Christianity (primarily Roman Catholic 10%).. " |
| Christianity | Senegal | 900,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 366. | "Location: Senegal; Population: 9 million "; "The Senegalese are overwhelmingly Muslim. Some 90% of the population belong to the Sunni branch of Islam. The remaining 10% are Roman Catholic. " |
| Christianity | Seychelles | 8,820,000 | 98.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 371-372. | "Location: Seychelles Islands; Population: 9 million "; "Almost all the inhabitants of Seychelles are Christian, and more than 90% are Roman Catholic... About 8% of the population are Anglican... Evangelical Protestant churches are active and growing, among them Pentecostals and Seventh-Day Adventists. Some 2% of the population are adherents of other faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. " |
| Christianity | Sierra Leone | 460,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Christianity | Sierra Leone | 489,155 | 10.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 4,891,546. Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% |
| Christianity | Sierra Leone | 1,150,000 | 25.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 62. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Christianity | Sierra Leone | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Christianity has had its greatest success near the coast. The Creoles are Christians. The Anglicans, Methodists and United Brethren are the largest Protestant denominations. Roman Catholics are also in the country. |
| Christianity | Singapore | 1,800,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 181. | "Singapore, three quarters Chinese in population, by the early 1980s was perhaps 10 percent Christian on a population base of eighteen million. Ninety-seven percent of the Christians are Chinese, among whom some are enormously wealthy and some are devoted to a persistent and wide-ranging evangelism. " |
| Christianity | Singapore | 500,225 | 18.70% | - | - | 1989 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 2,674,362 [total pop.] (1994). Christian, 18.7 percent. Rapid growth of Christianity and decline of Chinese folk religion in 1980s. |
| Christianity | Singapore | - | 18.00% | - | - | 1998 | "The Only Way " in Christianity Today (Jan. 12, 1998); pg. 37. | Or again, Singapore is "pluralistic " since it is roughly 41% Buddhist, 18% Christian, 17% Muslim, 17% secularist, and 5% Hindu. |
| Christianity | Solomon Islands | - | - | - | - | 1997 | Leibo, Steven A. East, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 194. | "Principal Religion: Nominally Christian, with many denominational and indigenous beliefs. " |
| Christianity | Solomon Islands | - | 94.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 93%, traditional religion 4%, cargo cult 3% " |
| Christianity | Somalia | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Eastern Africa " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "The few Christians in Somali account for less than one-half of one percent of the population. " |
| Christianity | South Africa | 31,140,200 | 76.70% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Southern Africa (PCSA) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): South Africa: 40.6 million... Main religions: South Africa: Christianity (76.7%). Independent Christianity, drawing on traditional African religion and culture, is growing rapidly. Jewish (0.5%). Hindu (2.1%). Muslim (1.3%)... " |
| Christianity | South Africa | 22,490,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Christianity | South Africa | 28,782,672 | 68.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 42,327,458. Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), traditional and animistic 28.5% |
| Christianity | South Africa | 32,725,000 | 77.00% | - | - | 1999 | Canesso, Claudia. South Africa (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 9-10. | "Population: 42,500,000... Religions: Christian, 77%; African traditionalist or no professed religion, 20%; Hindu, Muslim, or Jewish, 3% " |
| Christianity | South Africa - Asians | - | - | - | - | 1986 | Stein, R. Conrad. South Africa (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Childrens Press (1986); pg. 24, 32, 37. | Pg. 24: "estimated 1986 population of South Africa stood at 33,185,000... Using the government-created categories, 71% of the people were black, 17% were white, colored made up 9%, and Asians 3% "; Pg. 34: "Some 800,000 people classified as Asians live in South Africa. Most of them reside in the state of Natal. "; Pg. 37: "The Asians are either Hindu (70%), Muslim (20%)... " |
| Christianity | South Africa - whites | - | - | - | - | 1986 | Stein, R. Conrad. South Africa (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Childrens Press (1986); pg. 37. | "White religious preferences are split primarily along ethnic lines. Most Afrikaners are members of the Dutch Reformed Church. English-speaking whites tend to join the Anglican or Methodist churches. Other whites go to Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Jewish services. " |
| Christianity | South Africa - whites | - | - | - | - | 1997 | Meisel, Jacqueline Drobis. South Africa: A Tapestry of Peoples and Traditions (series: Exploring Cultures of the World). New York: Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish (1997); pg. 24. | "Most English-speaking South Africans are Christians. They belong to churches such as the Anglican... and Methodist. A small group belongs to the Catholic church. " |
