Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Religion of Bahamas

Religion is very present in the Bahamas, 90% of Bahamians hold a religion. It has a dominated by Christianity but holds a lot of diverity in the branches. Protestant Christian denominations including Baptists (35 percent), Anglicans (15 percent), Pentecostals (8 percent), Church of God (5 percent), Seventh-day Adventists (5 percent), and Methodists (4 percent) are in the majority, but there are also significant Roman Catholic (14 percent) and Greek Orthodox populations. A very small amount of Jews, Muslims, and Jehovah's Witness' reside in the Bahamas. I found that most unaffiliated Protestant congregations were almost exclusively black, but most mainstream churches are integrated racially. The religion in Bahamas are also similar to the US, since it is mainly Christianity, but supports most of the denominations.

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