Sri Lanka
Buddhism is the majority religion in Sri Lanka (about 70% of the population), with Hinduism standing second at about 12%. Christians make up about 8%. Sri Lanka’s constitution upholds freedom of thoug…
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Yemen
Islam is Yemen’s official religion and its legal system is based on Shari’a law. Christians make up only a tiny fraction of the population and converting to Christianity from Islam is a crime punishab…
Vietnam
The majority of Vietnamese practice either no religion or various folk religions, which, in many cases, is mixed with Buddhism. After 1975 Communist opposition to religion particularly targeted Christ…
Uganda
Christianity is the predominant religion in Uganda, with around 85% of the population identifying as Christian. There is a strong Evangelical presence (in, for example, the Anglican church) and in man…
Tunisia
Like other parts of North Africa Tunisia has a long Christian history. The early church fathers Tertullian and Cyprian were both resident in ancient Carthage. Today Islam is the state religion and mor…
Tanzania
Tanzania enjoys full religious freedom. Christians are reckoned to make up about 60% of the population, and Muslims about 35%. With its internal stability mainland Tanzania has long served as a base f…
Philippines
Evangelical Christianity has been growing in the Philippines and a strong missionary-sending momentum has developed.
Mozambique
Christianity is the largest religion (about 55%) among Mozambique’s population of around 32 million. Around a quarter follow traditional African ethnic religions, with Islam making up about 18% of the…
Morocco
A strong church existed among the native Berber people until Islamic invasions in the 7th Century. Today, virtually all of Morocco’s 37 million population would be identified as Sunni Islam, which is …
Mali
Around 88% of people in Mali are Sunni Muslims. Christians make up about 3% of the population. When fighting broke out in 2012 many Christians fled to the south of the country. Churches and pastors’ h…
Libya
About 97% of Libya’s population is Muslim. Professing Christians make up about 2% of the population, the majority of these being from the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Libyan constitution states that Is…
Central African Republic
Between 70% and 80% of the population would identify as Christians and the country enjoys freedom of religion. However, the situation on the ground is complicated by the on-going civil war. Because so…