Religion in Nauru

Religion in Nauru, based on the 2011 census^[1]

Nauru Congregational Church (35.71%)

Roman Catholic (32.96%)

Assemblies of God (12.98%)

Nauruan indigenous religion (9.50%)

Baptist (1.48%)

Other or not stated (7.34%)

In Nauru, an island country in Micronesia, Nauru Congregational Church is the largest religion, encompassing 35.71% of the population, as of the 2011 census.

According to the 2002 census, approximately two-thirds of Christians are Protestant, and the remainder are Catholic.^[2] The largest denomination is the Nauru Congregational Church. The ethnic Chinese on the island, approximately 3 to 4 percent of the population, may be Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, or nonreligious.^[2] The largely Christian communities of Tuvaluan and I-Kiribati expatriates were repatriated in late 2006 following the near cessation of phosphate mining in the country.^[2] The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Mormons said they had small numbers of followers among the native population.^[2]

A welcome ceremony for a missionary, 1916-17

Anglicanism, Methodism, and Catholicism.^[2] The Constitution provides for freedom of religion; however, the Government restricted this right in some circumstances.^[2] There are no indications of widespread societal discrimination against particular religious denominations; however, some elements of the Nauru Protestant and Roman Catholic communities occasionally voice discomfort with religious groups perceived as foreign, in particular The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Jehovah's Witnesses.^[2]

References

^ Nauru Bureau of Statistics 2011, p. 56
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Nauru. 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.

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Religion in Nauru