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The government requires religious groups to affiliate with a "mother body" which in 2021 were 14 in number. The Christian ones were Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), and Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), Independent Churches of Zambia, Apostles Council of Churches, Seventh-day Adventist Church, and Christian Missions in Many Lands.
Gifford notes that Kaunda's "idealistic and utopian combination" endured the anger of the EFZ influenced by "American Evangelism [for whom] the word humanism carried the worst of connotations", [57] Colin Morris, an English Methodist missionary in Zambia who was a friend and strong supporter of Kaunda, described Kaunda's beliefs as syncretistic ...
The Catholic Church in Zambia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The 2010 census found that 75.3% of Zambians were Protestant and 20.2% were other Christians (mainly Catholic ); this amounted to over about three million Catholics in the country.
Zambia religion-related lists (1 C, 1 P) C. Christianity in Zambia (5 C, 3 P) I. Islam in Zambia (1 C, 1 P) J. Jews and Judaism in Zambia (1 C, 1 P) L. Zambian ...
It also ranks Zambia's as the tenth-largest national Baháʼí community in the world in absolute terms, and the fourth-largest in Africa. [1] [better source needed] The Association of Religion Data Archives gives a Baháʼí population of 241,112 in 2010, [2] or 1.7% of Zambia's population. [3]
Zambia is officially a Christian country, with adherents of Islam being at 0.667% minority in the country. [1] However, Zambia's constitution guarantees the freedom of religion and conscience, and Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country.
Zambia is officially a "Christian nation" under the 1996 constitution, but recognizes and protects freedom of religion. [97] Zambia is the only African nation to designate Christianity as a state religion. [98] The Zambia Statistics Agency estimates that 95.5% of Zambians are Christian, with 75.3% Protestant and 20.2% Roman Catholic. [99]
The Baptist Union of Zambia has its origins in a South African mission of the Baptist Union of Southern Africa in 1924 [1] It is officially founded in 1975. [2] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 1,000 churches and 220,000 members.