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1873. Completed. 1879. Christ Church is an Anglican cathedral in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It belongs to the Anglican Church of Tanzania. It is a landmark historical church, [1] as well as one of the most prominent examples of early Christian architecture in East Africa. [2]
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania ( ELCT; Swahili: Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania) is the federation of Lutheran churches in Tanzania and one of the largest Lutheran denominations in the world, with more than 6 million members, or 13% of the Tanzanian population. It is the second largest Lutheran church in the world and the ...
AIM International site, AIM USA Site, AIM Canada Site, AIM Europe Site. Established in 1895, Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is a Christian mission sending agency focused on Africa. Their stated mission is to see "Christ-centered churches established among all African peoples." [1] AIM established the Kapsowar Hospital in 1933.
All Africa Conference of Churches ( AACC, Conférence des Églises de toute l'Afrique or CETA) is an ecumenical fellowship that represents more than 200 million African Christians in 210 national churches and regional Christian councils in 43 African Countries. [1] AACC's head office is in Nairobi, Kenya, and there is a regional office in Lomé ...
Culture of Tanzania. Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania, with a substantial Muslim minority. Smaller populations of Animists, practitioners of other faiths, and religiously unaffiliated people are also present. [2] [1] Tanzania is a secular state and freedom of religion is enshrined in the country's constitution.
When the Africa Area was divided in 1998, Tanzania became part of the Africa Southeast Area, and in 2019 Tanzania was included in the newly created Africa Central Area. [7] In 2000, there were three branches in Tanzania, all of which were in Dar es Salaam.
The International Churches of Christ ( ICOC) is a body of decentralized, co-operating, [6] [better source needed] religiously conservative and racially integrated Christian congregations. [3] [7] In March 2024, the ICOC numbered their members at 112,000. [3] [better source needed] A formal break was made from the Churches of Christ in 1993 with ...
The United Methodist Church claims 8,371 members in Tanzania. [8] In 2020, the Vatican noted that 30.41% of the population are Catholic. [9] A 2015 study estimates some 180,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background living in the country, most of them Protestant. [10] The CIA World Factbook notes that Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim.