According to 2012 statistics, about 85% of Malawi 's 11 million inhabitants are Christians . So, more than half of the population are Protestants and another 20% are Catholics . There are also Anglicans , Baptists , Evangelists , Seventh-day Adventists , Jehovah's Witnesses, and followers of African independent churches in Malawi. [one]
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History
Nyasaland
David Livingston reached Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in 1859. The University Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) was later established in Cambridge , and the first missionary expedition arrived in Malawi in 1861. Among the missionaries were Bishop Edward Steyr , William Tozer , Charles Alan Smithies , Chaunsey Maples and William Percival Johnson , a graduate of University College (Oxford) , who was supposed to remain in Malawi for 40 years and translate the Bible into Chicheva . The Dutch Reformed Church , which established a base in Nhom , expanded to other parts of central Malawi, including Mlanda and Mchinji , as well as Mozambique , Zambia and Zimbabwe . The history of Catholicism in Malawi begins with the advent of the French White Fathers in 1899.
Independent State
The first president of Malawi , the Presbyterian Hastings Kamuzu Banda , preferred Christianity during his long reign. Under the Gang, many independent churches flourished, including the Jehovah's Witnesses movement, which was led by Elliot Kenan Camwana .
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- ↑ Malawi