Christianity is the largest religion in Vanuatu. Vanuatu is an archipelago made up of 13 larger islands, and approximately 70 smaller surrounding islands, each home to multitudes of diverse cultural and religious communities.[1]
As of 2020, the population of approximately 300,000 people speak as many as 145 languages throughout the island nation.[2] Approximately 82% of the population of Vanuatu is Christian. An estimated 28% is Presbyterian, 12% Roman Catholic, 15% Anglican, and 12% Seventh-day Adventist.[3] Groups that together constitute 15% include the Church of Christ ,[4] the Apostolic Church, Assemblies of God, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah’s Witnesses and some Protestant denominations.[5]
The John Frum Movement, a political party that also is an indigenous religious group, is centered on the island of Tanna and includes about 5% of the population.[5] The Baháʼí Faith, Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) also are active.[5] There are believed to be members of other religions within the foreign community; they are free to practice their religions, but in 2007 they are not known to proselytize or hold public religious ceremonies.[6]
- ^ "Vanuatu | History, People, & Location". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ Barbour, Julie; Daly, Nicola. "People on Vanuatu's Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here's why we must record them". The Conversation. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ United States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom (2020). "Vanuatu 2020 International Religious Freedom Report" (PDF).
- ^ "World Convention » Vanuatu". Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- ^ a b c US State Dept 2022 report
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