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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:   BAHAMAS

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 169,747
2000: 307,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 164,990; 97.2%
2000: 283,205; 92.3%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 231; 0.1%
--------  [2000] 1,241; 0.4%
Jews: [1970] 480; 0.3%
-----   [2000] 917; 0.3%
Spiritists: [1970] 1,700; 1.0%
-----------  [2000] 4,736; 1.5%

Nonreligious: [1970] 2,600; 1.5%
-----------------[2000] 16,246; 5.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 11,172; 6.6%
---------------------------   [2000] 16,354; 5.3%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 153,818; 90.6%
-------------------------- [2000] 266,851; 86.9%
Anglicans: [1970] 30,000; 17.7%
------------- [2000] 27,300; 8.9%
Orthodox: [1970] 463; 0.3%
------------ [2000] 380; 0.1%
Protestants: [1970] 85,780; 50.5%
-------------- [2000] 167,171; 54.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 33,220; 19.6%
---------------------- [2000] 48,000; 15.6%
Independents: [1970] 3,341; 2.0%
----------------- [2000] 19,000; 6.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,014; 0.6%
------------------------- [2000] 5,000; 1.6%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 42,500; 25.0%
---------------- [2000] 90,600; 29.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 10,000; 5.9%
---------------------------------- [2000] 49,000; 16.0%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 15,300; 9.0%
------------------------------------ [2000] 40,536; 13.2%