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No religion (1.6%) Holy Ghost Cathedral, Mombasa. The predominant religion in Kenya is Christianity, which is adhered to by an estimated 85.5% of the total population. Islam is the second largest religion in Kenya, practised by 10.9 percent [1] of Kenyans. Other faiths practised in Kenya are Baháʼí, Buddhism, Hinduism and traditional religions .
Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church in Kenya is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Kenyan Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Pope in the Vatican City . The earliest traces of the Catholic Church in Kenya begin with the missionaries that penetrated the state in 1498, led by Vasco da Gama.
Christianity in Africa arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD and in the 21st century, the majority of Africans are Christians. Several African Christians influenced the early development of Christianity and shaped its doctrines, including Tertullian, Perpetua, Felicity, Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo.
The Holy Ghost Church of East Africa, known among its adherents as Akurinu (sometimes “Akorino”), is an African sect of Christianity common in the central region of Kenya among the Agikuyu community. The sect incorporates some aspects of Christianity with those of traditional Kikuyu religious beliefs. The sect was officially registered in 1959.
Religion in Africa (2020 estimate) [1] Christianity (49.3%) Islam (41.5%) Traditional faiths (7.9%) None / Other (1.3%) Religion in Africa is multifaceted and has been a major influence on art, culture and philosophy. Today, the continent's various populations and individuals are mostly adherents of Christianity, Islam, and to a lesser extent ...
The East African Revival (Luganda: Okulokoka) was a movement of renewal in the Christian Church in East Africa during the late 1920s and 1930s. It began on a hill called Gahini in then Belgian Ruanda-Urundi in 1929, and spread to the eastern mountains of Belgian Congo, Uganda Protectorate (British Uganda), Tanganyika Territory and Kenya Colony during the 1930s and 1940s.
Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. Christian denominations in Kenya (2 C, 4 P)
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.