Protestantism in Mozambique
- Protestantism in Mozambique
Protestants in Mozambique number about 4 million. According to Mozambique's Second General Population and Housing Census in 1997, 11.45% of the population listed themselves as "other non-Catholic Christians", most of whom are members of various protestant denominations.
Among the main protestant churches in Mozambique are Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique, the Assembleias de Deus, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Anglican Diocese of Lemombo, Anglican Diocese of Niassa, the Igreja do Evangelho Completo de Deus, the Igreja Metodista Unida, the Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique, the Igrejas de Cristo and the Assembleias Evangelicas de Deus Pentecostales.
Protestants are a minority in Mozambique.
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