Christians in Sierra Leone constitute approximately 20.8% percent of the country's population as of 2013. Other sources report that the population of Christians in Sierra Leone may reach 21%.
Christianity was brought to Sierra Leone by the
Nova Scotian Settlers
The Nova Scotian Settlers, or Sierra Leone Settlers (also known as the Nova Scotians or more commonly as the Settlers) were African-Americans who founded the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone and the Colony of Sierra Leone, on March 11, 1792 ...
when they founded the Colony of Sierra Leone in March 1792.
The Constitution provides for
freedom of religion
Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also includes the freed ...
, and the Government generally respected this right in practice.
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Intermarriage between Muslims and Christians is common.][ Islam and Christianity are often syncretized with indigenous religious beliefs.][
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Protestantism
The majority of Sierra Leonean Christians are Protestants, of which the largest are Methodists and Evangelicals.
Roman Catholicism
Catholics are the second-largest non-Protestant Christians division in Sierra Leone, at about 5% of the country's population.
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Nova Scotian Settlers
Sierra Leone Creole people