Christian in Kenya
Kenya is predominantly a Christian society. About 45% of Kenyans are ProKenya Vacationsants and about 33 % Catholics. About 10% of the population adheres to indigenous beliefs while Muslim adherents account for about 10%. Hindu, Sikh and other religions account for about 2%.
Christianity
Missionaries introduced Christianity to Kenya in the 19th century. After the inauguration of Kenya- Uganda rail line, missionaries were able to travel from Mombasa to the interior. Due to the intensive missionary activities in Kenya, most Christian denominations are represented.
According to the population census conducted on 2009, Kenya has 9.01 million Catholics, 18.3 million Protestants, and 4.5 million other Christians, 4.3 million Muslims, 53,393 Hindus and 635,352 traditionalists. People who profess other religions are 557,450, those who profess none are 922,128 and 61,000 responded that they did not know.
Christianity was first brought to Kenya in the fifteenth century by the Portuguese and spread rapidly during the 20th century, spread by colonists. Today, the main Christian denominations in Kenya are Protestant confessions, which make up a little over 53% of the country’s religious composition.
They include the Anglican Church of Kenya, and the Presbyterian, Reformed, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, and Pentecostal churches. The Roman Catholic Church represents 23.4% of the population. Other statistically significant non-Catholic and non-Protestant movements include the Eastern Orthodox Church, New Apostolic Church, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, United Pentecostal Church International, and Brahmanism.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than 10,000 members in 39 congregations in Kenya. They also have 2 family history centres in Kenya, and an employment resource center in Nairobi.
