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Haiti is a majority Christian country. Figures in 2020 suggest that 93% of the population belong to a Christian denomination. [1] Haiti saw the introduction of Christianity when Europeans arrived to colonize the island. It was first introduced by the Spanish, later followed by French colonialists. The primary brand of Christianity was Catholicism.
The Baháʼí Faith in Haiti begins with a mention by `Abdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, in 1916 as one of the island countries of the Caribbean being among the places Baháʼís should take the religion to. [24] The first Baháʼí to visit Haiti was Leonora Armstrong in 1927. [25]
The joint meeting to establish a denomination with the presence of the Reformed churches from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and the United States was held in 1993. The official beginning of the denomination was 1999. It entered into official ecclesiastical fellowship with the Christian Reformed Church in North America in 2011.
Protestant churches of significant size include the Assemblées de Dieu, the Convention Baptiste d'Haïti, the Seventh-day Adventists, the Church of God (Cleveland), the Anglican/Episcopal Church, the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and Americas, the Church of the Nazarene and the Mission Evangelique Baptiste du Sud-Haiti.
Baptist Convention of Haiti (French: Convention Baptiste d'Haïti) is a Baptist Christian denomination, affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance, headquartered in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. History [ edit ]
"The Catholic Church in Haiti: Political and Social Change", an article from: Theological Studies by John P. Hogan; The Catholic Church in Haiti: Political and Social Change by Anne Greene; The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti by Leslie G. Desmangles; Our Lady of Class Struggle: The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti by ...
Haitian gospel music, began its roots in the rise of Christianity, when it was first imported to the island by Spain's Christopher Columbus in the 15th-century and again by the French during colonial years of Saint-Domingue, as Jesuits and Capuchins served as missionaries to continue the proliferation of Catholicism.
The Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti (French: Mission Evangélique Baptiste du Sud d'Haïti) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Haiti, headquartered in Les Cayes. MEBSH is a member of the Protestant Federation of Haiti, the Evangelical Council of Haitian Churches and the Baptist World Alliance .