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CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY
Daniel Patte, General Editor
Editorial Board | Preparing Contextual, Conceptual-Theological and Historical, and Methodological Entries | CDC@vanderbilt.edu

NATION:   AMERICAN SAMOA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 27,268
2000: 68,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 27,030; 99.1%
2000: 65,224; 95.9%

1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:

Bahaís: [1970] 200; 0.7%
--------  [2000] 990; 1.5%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
----------     [2000] 439; 0.7%
Nonreligious: [1970] 70; 0.3%
-----------------[2000] 1,354; 2.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 410; 1.5%
---------------------------   [2000] 9,984; 14.7%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 26,620; 97.6%
-------------------------- [2000] 55,240; 81.2%
Protestants: [1970] 18,400; 67.5%
-------------- [2000] 35,800; 52.7%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 5,000; 18.3%
---------------------- [2000] 9,470; 13.9%
Independents: [1970] 670; 2.5%
----------------- [2000] 1,780; 2.6%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 2,450; 9.0%
------------------------- [2000] 8,000; 11.8%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 4,200; 15.4%
---------------- [2000] 5,450; 8.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,600; 5.9%
---------------------------------- [2000] 9,900; 14.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 7,000; 25.7%
------------------------------------ [2000] 30,261; 44.5%