Christianity in Mexico

Mexico City Cathedral built in the 16th century

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

According to the in 2010 107.78 million Christians resided in Mexico, which made up 95% of the country's population ^{[1] [2]} . The Encyclopedia of “Religions of the World” by J. G. Melton estimates the share of Christians in 2010 at 95.7% (105.58 million) ^[3] .

The largest direction of Christianity in the country is Catholicism . In 2000, there were 68.6 thousand Christian churches and places of worship in Mexico belonging to 365 different Christian denominations ^[4] .

In addition to Mexicans , Americans , Spaniards , Russians , Romanians , Italians , Basques , Latinos, and others living in the country profess Christianity. Mexican Mayans , Tsetals , Totonaks , Tzotsili , Mayos , Otomis , Choli , Zapotec , Masatecs , Masaouas , Mishtecs are fully converted to Christianity. , chontali , choli , toholabali , taraumara , amusgo , tricas , chathins , juice , yaks and many other peoples. Moreover, in Mexico there are peoples who have only partially converted to Christianity; more than half of the pururecha, huichi and tepehua profess local traditional beliefs.

As of 2015, only one Mexican church ( Methodist ) is a member of the World Council of Churches ^[5] . Conservative evangelical Christians work together in the Gospel Brotherhood of Mexico, associated with the World Gospel Alliance .