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] .
Notes
- ↑ Global Christianity (English) . The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life (19 December 2011). The appeal date is May 13, 2013. Archived May 22, 2013.
- ↑ Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country (English) . The Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project (12-19-2011). The date of circulation is December 25, 2014. Archived on January 7, 2012.
- ↑ Clifton L. Holland. Colombia // Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices / J. Gordon Melton , Martin Baumann. - Oxford, England: ABC CLIO, 2010. - p. 744. - 3200 p. - ISBN 1-57607-223-1 .
- ↑ Patrick Johnstone, Jason Mandryk. Colombia // Operation World 2001 . - London: Paternoster Publishing, 2001. - 798 p. - (Operation World Series). - ISBN 1-8507-8357-8 .
- ↑ Colombia - World Council of Churches (English) . World Council of Churches. The appeal date is January 7, 2015.
See also
- Religion in Colombia
- Catholicism in Colombia
- Protestantism in Colombia
- Christianity by country