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Percentage population of Christian in Malaysia according to 2020 census. Christianity is the third-largest religion in Malaysia. In the 2020 census, 9.1% of the Malaysian population identified themselves as Christians. [1] About two-thirds of Malaysia's Christian population lives in East Malaysia, in the states of Sabah and Sarawak.
About half of Malaysian Christians are Catholic. [72] Most Christians are found in East Malaysia, where Good Friday is a public holiday in the states of Sabah and Sarawak. Christmas is a national holiday, although Easter is not. [19] Traders with links to Christianity from the Middle East arrived in what is now Malaysia in the 7th century.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia (Malay: Persekutuan Kristian Malaysia, abbreviated CFM) is an ecumenical umbrella body in Malaysia that comprises the Council of Churches of Malaysia (mainline Protestants and Oriental Orthodox), National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (Evangelicals) and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia (Roman Catholic).
Over the decade, Christians were discriminated against and Catholic and other Christian missionaries were expelled from Sabah. However, in 1972, the new diocese of Malacca-Johor was created, making a total of six in Malaysia (three in the West, and three in Eastern Malaysia). In 1973, Malaysia became the first ASEAN country to recognise China ...
The EFCM expanded to the Malaysian capital in 1967 when a new church was established in Petaling Jaya, which was then a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, at the initiative of McMurray and Sawatsky. [2] A third church was added in 1969 when an Overseas Missionary Fellowship established congregation, Emmanuel Christian Centre, joined the EFCM and was ...
In 1947, the Malayan Christian Council was mooted and officially inaugurated on 9 January 1948 under the leadership of John Leonard Wilson, the Anglican Bishop of Singapore, with Hobart Baumann Amstutz of the Methodist Church acting as General Secretary to promote Christian unity among the Churches and Christian organisations in Malaya and Singapore.
Malaysian Christians (6 C, 77 P) A. Anti-Christian sentiment in Malaysia (5 P) C. Churches in Malaysia (14 C, 7 P) H. History of Christianity in Malaysia (2 P) M.
Christ Church, Malacca, is an 18th-century Dutch-built Anglican church (originally Dutch Reformed) in the city of Malacca City, Malaysia. It is the oldest functioning Protestant church in Malaysia and is within the jurisdiction of the Lower Central Archdeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia. [1]