Christianity in Colombia

Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bogota

Christianity in Colombia is the most common religion in the country.

According to the in 2010, 42.81 million Christians lived in Colombia, which accounted for 92.5% of this country's population ^{[1] [2]} . Encyclopedia "Religions of the World" by G. G. Melton estimates the proportion of Christians in 2010 at 95.9% (45.95 million) ^[3] .

The largest direction of Christianity in the country is Catholicism . In 2000, over 17,000 Christian churches and places of worship, belonging to 173 different Christian denominations, operated in Colombia ^[4] .

Besides Colombians , Christianity is practiced by the majority of Jamaicans , Americans , Spaniards , French , Romanians and Germans living here. Christianity also includes Chibcha , Quechua , Uitoto , most paes , guahibo , hay , inga , guambia , yukpa, and tukuna .

Colombian Christians engage in interfaith dialogue. In 2001, the Ecumenical network of Colombia was created in the country, uniting Catholics and Protestants . Conservative Evangelical Christians work together in the Evangelical Confederation of Colombia, associated with the World Evangelical Alliance . As of 2015, only one Colombian church (Presbyterian) is included in the World Council of Churches ^[5] .