Religion in the Marshall Islands
- Religion in the Marshall Islands
Major religious groups include the United Church of Christ (formerly Congregational), with 54.8 percent of the population; the Assemblies of God, 25.8 percent; and the Roman Catholic Church, 8.4 percent.[ [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90144.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Marshall Islands] . United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). "This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain."] Also represented are Bukot Non Jesus (also known as Assembly of God Part Two), 2.8 percent; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), 2.1 percent; Seventh-day Adventists, 0.9 percent; Full Gospel, 0.7 percent; and the Baha'i Faith, 0.6 percent.][ Persons without any religious affiliation account for 1.5 percent of the population.][ Islam and the Jehovah's Witnesses were each believed to have a few hundred practitioners.]Foreign missionaries are present and operate freely.[ Religious schools are operated by the Roman Catholic Church, United Church of Christ, Assemblies of God, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Bukot Non Jesus, and the Baptist Church.]The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice.[ In 2007, the US government received no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice.]References
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