Religion in Angola

Religion in Angola is diverse, with Christianity being the most widely professed faith. Roman Catholics constitute 41% of the population. Other Christian denominations include Baptists, Methodists, Congregationalists, Lutherans, Reformed Churches and Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses - all these denominations making up about 43% of the population.

Since independence, numerous Pentecostal, Evangelical and other communities have sprung up, the most important being the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, of Brazilian origin. Two syncretic "African Christian" churches exist, the Kimbanguists who have their origin in what is the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo, and the indigenous Tokoist faith. There is also a small Muslim minority, consisting of Sunni immigrants from a diversity of African and other countries, who do not form a community. Some Angolans - mostly in remote rural societies - currently profess African Traditional Religions, but traditional beliefs subsist among a substantial part of those who have become Christians.