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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentecostal Holiness Church | Kentucky | 107 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 87. [Listed as 'Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc..'] |
| Plymouth Brethren | Kentucky | 110 | 0.00% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members' column: 75. [Listed as 'Christian (Plymouth) Brethren.'] |
| Presbyterian | Kentucky | - | 4.50% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 252-288. | Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. " |
| Presbyterian | Kentucky | - | 1.90% | - | - | 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, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | Kentucky | 44,016 | 1.19% | 209 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 35,382. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).'] |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | Kentucky | 33,001 | 0.85% | 201 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census] | Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1995 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations " |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | Kentucky | 31,786 | 0.81% | 199 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census] | Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1997 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations " |
| Presbyterian Church in America | Kentucky | 554 | 0.02% | 6 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 439. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church in America.'] |
| Primitive Baptist | Kentucky | 3,328 | 0.09% | 44 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,636. [Listed as 'Primitive Baptists Associations.'] |
| Protestant - no denomination supplied | Kentucky | - | 8.60% | - | - | 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, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Quaker | Kentucky | 168 | 0.00% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 137. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Reformed Church in America | Kentucky | 367 | 0.01% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 173. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.'] |
| Salvation Army | Kentucky | 1,915 | 0.05% | 18 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,759. [Listed as 'Salvation Army.'] |
| Scientology | Kentucky | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | *LINK* linked to Brett Achorn's OPPOSING VIEW web site "Hard Data on Scientology " (1998) | Organization count based on very detailed analysis of incorporations, creations, closures, etc. |
| Seventh-day Adventist | Kentucky | 6,396 | 0.17% | 51 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 5,129. [Listed as 'Seventh-Day Adventists.'] |
| Seventh-day Adventist | Kentucky | - | 0.30% | - | - | 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, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Skinheads | Kentucky | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch] | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " Skinhead groups. |
| Southern Baptist Convention | Kentucky | 962,945 | 26.13% | 2,266 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 770,425. |
| Southern Baptist Convention - congregations or leaders leaving the SBC | Kentucky | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Whitmire, Tim (AP). "Integrated Baptist Church Defies Fire " in Salt Lake Tribune, 3 July 1999 (viewed online 4 July 1999). | "Today, though Trinity remains part of the Southern Baptist Convention, the congregation and its leaders say they are dismayed by the convention's steady rightward shift over the last two decades. Robison, pastor for less than a year, was asked whether he considers Trinity outside the Baptist mainstream. 'We're in another ocean,' he replied. " |
| Theosophical Society | Kentucky | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Theosophical Society " | official organization directory |
| Trinity Baptist Church | Kentucky | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Whitmire, Tim (AP). "Integrated Baptist Church Defies Fire " in Salt Lake Tribune, 3 July 1999 (viewed online 4 July 1999). | "Today, though Trinity remains part of the Southern Baptist Convention, the congregation and its leaders say they are dismayed by the convention's steady rightward shift over the last two decades. Robison, pastor for less than a year, was asked whether he considers Trinity outside the Baptist mainstream. 'We're in another ocean,' he replied. " |
| Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist | Kentucky | 971 | 0.03% | 8 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 729. [Listed as 'Unitarian Universalist Association.'] |
| Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist | Kentucky | - | 0.20% | - | - | 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, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| United Baptists | Kentucky | 13,500 | - | 138 units |
- | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976), pg. 803. [1st pub. in 1945 by Philosophical Library. 1976 reprint is unrevised.] | "United Baptists:... Nearly half of the congregations and members being in Kentucky. They are generally Arminian... There are 277 churches and 27,000 members. " |
| United Baptists | Kentucky | 45,164 | 1.23% | 250 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 35,945. [Listed as 'United Baptists.'] |
| United Brethren in Christ | Kentucky | 61 | 0.00% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 51. [Listed as 'United Brethren in Christ.'] |
| United Church of Christ | Kentucky | 11,984 | 0.33% | 35 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,575. [Listed as 'United Church of Christ.'] |
| United Church of God | Kentucky | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | Counted the churches in their listing. |
| United Methodist Church | Kentucky | 227,143 | 6.16% | 1,060 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 182,302. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| Unity Church | Kentucky | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (viewed 1998) | Counted the churches in their directory. |
| Urantia Book Readers, Fellowship of | Kentucky | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site (1998) | directory: "1996-1997 International Study Group Directory for readers of The Urantia Book " |
| Wesleyan Church | Kentucky | 2,946 | 0.08% | 46 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,609. [Listed as 'The Wesleyan Church.'] |
| white supremacist groups | Kentucky | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch] | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " Klan, Nazi, Skinheads and/or Other. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Kentucky | 124 | 0.00% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 100. [Listed as 'Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.'] |
| Africa Inland Church | Kenya | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 230, 232. | "Currently, nearly everyone professes to being a member of some organized religion--either Christianity or Islam. Major Christian sects include the Africa Inland Church (AIC), the Church of the Province of Kenya (CPK), and the Roman Catholic Church. " |
| African indigenous churches | Kenya | 4,620,000 | - | - | - | 1986 | East Africa (series: Library of Nations). By the editors of Time-Life Books. Amsterdam: Time-Life Books (1986), pg. 8. | "In Kenya, for example, almost one in three of the nation's 14 million Christians belongs to one of 200 or so African independent churches. " |
| African indigenous churches | Kenya | - | - | - | - | 1986 | Mazrui, Ali A. The Africans: A Triple Heritage. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company (1986), pg. 155. | "Kenya and Uganda also contain a variety of syncretist churches, founded by prophets, rejecting foreign guidance and emphasising African cultural practices. " |
| African indigenous churches | Kenya | 5,130,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; listed as "African Christian " |
| African indigenous churches | Kenya | - | 11.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| African Traditional Religion | Kenya | 2,779,700 | 95.80% | - | - | 1900 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR... " (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa " |
| African Traditional Religion | Kenya | 3,158,430 | 28.10% | - | - | 1970 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR... " (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa " |
| African Traditional Religion | Kenya | 3,012,060 | 22.70% | - | - | 1975 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR... " (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa " |
| African Traditional Religion | Kenya | 2,972,150 | 18.90% | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR in African Nations "; (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa " |
| African Traditional Religion | Kenya | 3,257,000 | 10.50% | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR in African Nations "; (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa "; Projection, made circa 1982. |
| Anglican | Kenya | 2,100,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Anglican | Kenya | 2,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Barr, Robert (AP). "Bishops Find Agreement Elusive During Conference " in Salt Lake Tribune (Aug. 8, 1998). | the Anglican Communion is now mainly an African church: 17.5 million members in Nigeria and 8 million in Uganda dwarf the Church of England's 2 million active members - roughly the size of Anglican churches in Kenya, South Africa and southern India. |
| Bahai Faith | Kenya | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Baptist Convention of Kenya | Kenya | 210,000 | - | 2,036 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Baptist World Alliance | Kenya | 210,000 | 0.72% | 2,036 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals "; [BWA stats. in individual countries are sum of figures for member bodies of BWA in the countries.]; [County population figures for 1998 from United Nations data available here.] |
| Catholic | Kenya | - | 28.00% | - | - | 1988 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Kenya ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1988), pg. 48. | "Protestants number 38%, Roman Catholics represent 28%, and supporters of traditional beliefs account for 26%. " |
| Catholic | Kenya | - | 26.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Kenya | 6,367,000 | 20.10% | 548 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Kenya | 7,690,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Catholic | Kenya | 8,064,864 | 28.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Protestant (including Anglican) 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, other 8%; Total population: 28,803,085. |
| Catholic | Kenya | 7,000,000 | 25.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 245-246. | "Location: Kenya; Population: 28 million "; "Kenya's religious heritage mirrors its ethnic history... The majority religion is Christianity, with about 37% Protestant (including Quakers) and 25% Roman Catholic; and 4% Muslim. " |
| Catholic | Kenya | - | 26.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Christian Believers Fellowship | Kenya | 129 | - | 4 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Africa: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | KENYA: Christian Believers Fellowship; Members: 129; Congregations: 4 |
| Christianity | Kenya | 14,000,000 | - | - | - | 1986 | East Africa (series: Library of Nations). By the editors of Time-Life Books. Amsterdam: Time-Life Books (1986), pg. 8. | "In Kenya, for example, almost one in three of the nation's 14 million Christians belongs to one of 200 or so African independent churches. " |
| Christianity | Kenya | - | 66.00% | - | - | 1988 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Kenya ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1988), pg. 48. | "Protestants number 38%, Roman Catholics represent 28%, and supporters of traditional beliefs account for 26%... Many customs of the African population of Kenya have survived within the framework of Christian churches without conflict. Polygamy--the practice of having more than one wife--however, has caused some strain between the people of Kenya and the Christian churches. It has long been an African custom for a man to take as many wives as he can afford to support. In this way, the family continues to grow as the marriages produce many children and will help support the family when they are adults... " |
| Christianity | Kenya | 15,180,000 | 60.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 174. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Christianity | Kenya | 17,360,000 | 62.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 245-246. | "Location: Kenya; Population: 28 million "; "Kenya's religious heritage mirrors its ethnic history... The majority religion is Christianity, with about 37% Protestant (including Quakers) and 25% Roman Catholic; and 4% Muslim. " |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite | Kenya | 17 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Africa: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | KENYA... Church of God in Christ, Mennonite... Members: 17 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Kenya | 2,200 | - | 14 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Kenya | 2,652 | - | - | - | 1997 | "LDS in Africa: Growing Membership Sees American Church with Unique Vision, " Salt Lake Tribune, 4 April 1998. Reprinted in Sunstone (June 1998, pg. 71). | Map: Membership totals as of December 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Kenya | 2,800 | 0.01% | 13 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Kenya | 2,650 | 0.01% | 13 units |
- | 1998 | "Gospel Growth in Kenya " in Ensign (Aug. 1998), pg. 77. | "Today membership has grown to 2,650 in 2 districts, Nairobi and Chulu, which are organized into 13 branches... 30 million people who live in this beautiful African nation. " |
| Church of the Nazarene | Kenya | 10,350 | 0.03% | 82 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 2 Jan 1998; total population: 30,844,000 |
| Church of the Province of Kenya | Kenya | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 230, 232. | "Currently, nearly everyone professes to being a member of some organized religion--either Christianity or Islam. Major Christian sects include the Africa Inland Church (AIC), the Church of the Province of Kenya (CPK) [an Anglican church], and the Roman Catholic Church. " |
| Churches of Christ | Kenya | 17,962 | 0.07% | 597 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* official organization web site | table: "STATUS OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA--1995 " (Campbellite) |
| Embu | Kenya | 265,700 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 143. | "Embu: Location: Embu in the Eastern Province of Kenya; Population: About 265,700; Religion: Christianity; indigenous Embu religion " [NOTE: This statistic is a measure of tribal/ethnic affiliation, not a count of how many practice traditional Embu religion.] |
| Galla | Kenya | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Gikuyu | Kenya | 5,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 190. | "Gikuyu: Location: Kenya; Population: 5 million; Religion: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, fundamentalist groups, African Separatist churches); ancestor spirits " [NOTE: This figure is for tribal/ethnic affiliation, not a measure of how many Gikuyu practice traditional religion.] |
| Gusii | Kenya | 1,300,000 | - | - | - | 1989 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 202. | "Gusii: Location: Western Kenya; Population: 1.3 million (1989); Religion: Christianity mixed with ancestory cult beliefs "; "Most Gusii today claim to be adherents of some Christian church. There are four major denominations in Gusiiland: Roman Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Swedish Lutheran, and the Pentecostal Assemblies of God... Although churches are very active, aspects of non-Christian beliefs continue to permeate the life of most Gusii. " |
| Gusii | Kenya | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Hinduism | Kenya | - | - | - | - | 1988 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Kenya ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1988), pg. 48. | "Protestants number 38%, Roman Catholics represent 28%, and supporters of traditional beliefs account for 26%. Muslims [are] 6% of the population... A small percentage of Hindus of East Indian ancestry worship in temples in cities and towns throughout the country. " [Must be less than 2%, because other religions named add up to 98%.] |
