Christianity is the religion of 6% (~ 31,000) of the population of Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

 (516,055 - July 2009 est.). Christians are mostly of Ethiopian

Ethiopian people

Ethiopian people or Ethnic Ethiopians are an ethnic group found in the horn of African country of Ethiopia.-Origins:Ethnic Ethiopians are one of the nearly 80 ethnic groups of the horn of Africa country and are found in every regional state of Ethiopia...

 and European

Europe

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 ancestry. Most Christians are Ethiopian Orthodox or Roman Catholic. The constitution of Djibouti includes freedom of religion, although Islam

Islam

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 is the state religion. There are likely no current prisoners for Christian religious reasons. There is a tolerant attitude between religions in general. Proselytizing of Muslims is not allowed. Converts from Islam to Christianity have to fear persecution. Less than 2% of the Somalis

Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...

 in Djibouti are Christians, but many of the Ethiopians in Djibouti are Christians.

Christian denominations

3.2% of the population are Orthodox. 0.07% to 1% of the population (about 4,767 persons) are Protestants. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia

World Christian Encyclopedia

World Christian Encyclopedia is a reference work published by Oxford University Press, known for providing membership statistics for major and minor world religions in every country of the world, including historical data and projections of future populations.The first edition, by David B. Barrett,...

 (2nd edition), Volume 1, p. 241 among other denominations are the Eglise Protestante de Djibouti, the Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Orthodox Church

The Greek Orthodox Church is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity sharing a common cultural tradition whose liturgy is also traditionally conducted in Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament...

 and the Red Sea Mission Team. The Mennonite Mission is active in Djibouti. The Eglise Protestante de Djibouti (Protestant Church of Djibouti) was founded in 1960. It is active in the care for refugees, among other things. There is a Djibouti Parish of the New Apostolic Church

New Apostolic Church

The New Apostolic Church is a chiliastic church, converted to Protestantism as a free church from the Catholic Apostolic Church. The church has existed since 1879 in Germany and since 1897 in the Netherlands...

.

Roman Catholicism

There are around 7,000 Catholics in Djibouti. The only Roman Catholic diocese is the Diocese of Djibouti, divided in 5 parishes. Just over 1% to 2% of the population are members of the diocese. Djibouti maintains diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

External links

• World Christian Encyclopedia (2nd edition), Volume 1, p. 241
• http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51467.htm
• http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=12165&lg=de
• http://cms.nak-sued.de/index.php?id=22634
• http://www.mission.ch/d/page.php?frame=land&version=second_wide&shwid=37
• http://www.reformiert-online.net/weltweit/land.php?id=38&lg=de