Protestants make up less than 1% of the population of Libya. The government limited the number of places of worship allowed for each Christian denomination to one per city. It is prohibited to proselytize Muslims and religious literature and websites are restricted. In 2022, the

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was refused permission to make port calls as local Islamic organizations believed that the mission of the ship was Christian proselytism. There are peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims; however, there are reports of government harassment of Christians who had converted from Islam. There is a congregation of Anglicans in Tripoli; this is mainly composed of African immigrants. The church is part of the Anglican Diocese of Egypt. In 2021 a governmental committee decided to return the church building used by the Union Church of Tripoli to the descendants of the original owners. The Union church made an agreement with the new owners to buy the building. The Bible is available in

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; however it is not yet available in

Libyan Arabic Libyan Arabic ( ar, ليبي, Lībī) is a variety of Arabic spoken mainly in Libya, and neighboring countries. It can be divided into two major dialect areas; the eastern centred in Benghazi and Bayda, and the western centred in Tripoli and M ...

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Denominations

Baptist Church Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

in Tripoli *

Coptic Evangelical Church The Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile) (also called the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Egypt, Egyptian: الكنيسة الإنجيلية المشيخية ''El-Kenisa El-Engileyya El-Mashyykhia'') is a Protestant church that starte ...

Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...

Union Church of Tripoli Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

Tripoli Bible Church Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece *Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in t ...

Source of the list: The World Christian Encyclopedia, Second edition, Volume 1, p. 457

Pentecostal worship in Libya

There are Protestant worship groups in cities including Tripoli and Misrata. Several of these churches are primarily worship groups who gather together every Friday and are led by Pentecostal pastors. Although these worship places are not officially approved by the government, these groups assemble together without any problems. The following churches are known places of Pentecostal worship: *Indian Prayer Fellowship, Tripoli *Global Faith Fellowship, Misrata.

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Denominations

Pentecostal worship in Libya

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