Section II. Subscribers receive full access to the archives.The Sierra Leone bishop convened a pivotal roundtable to resolve longstanding UMC divisions over LGBT issues.How young people in Sierra Leone stepped up when an epidemic broke out.Freetown churches grapple with tragedy in capital city.Deadly disease brings a bit more accuracy to much-maligned Band Aid advocacy song.Ministry leaders empower West African Christians to do what no government or hospital can do.As ministries report record interest in serving, Samaritan's Purse shifts strategy on what expat doctors do.Churches join effort to care for vulnerable children who have lost one or both parents in West Africa.How Christian orgs in Africa are shifting from development to emergency relief to help fight the outbreak.William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect founded Sierra Leone, then tolerated a form of slavery there, a new book reveals. FORBES(1910) 03 Freetown, the United Bethren Home.jpg 771 × 613; 264 KB The constitution of Sierra Leone provides for freedom of religion and the Sierra Leone Government generally protects it. Christianity Today strengthens the church by richly communicating the breadth of the true, good, and beautiful gospel. The vast majority of Sierra Leonean Christians are Media in category "Christianity in Sierra Leone" This category contains only the following file. , The early study of Nigerian Languages (Cambridge 1967); ‘CMS “Native Clergy” in West Africa to 1900’, Sierra Leone Bulletin of Religion,IV (1962), 71-2; ‘Freetown Christianity and Africa’, ibid, VI (1964), 13-21; ‘Niger languages and Sierra Leone missionary linguists’, Bulletin of the Society for African Church History, II (1966), 127-38; Cf. SIERRA LEONE 2 celebrated all religious holidays, regardless of sect or denomination, both at home and in houses of worship. Christians in Sierra Leone constitute approximately 10 percent (~574,300) of the country's population (5,743,725 - 2014 est.). Sierra Leone is officially a secular state, although Islam and Christianity are the two main and dominant religions in the country.
Sierra Leone is regarded as one of the most religiously tolerant countries in the world.The country is home to the Sierra Leone Inter-Religious Council, which is made up of both Christian and Muslim religious leaders to promote peace and tolerance throughout the country.The vast majority of Sierra Leonean Muslims are adherent to the The Sierra Leone Islamic Supreme Council, is the highest Islamic religious organization in Sierra Leone and is made up of the country's Imams, Islamic scholars, and other Islamic clerics across the country. Status of Government Respect for Religious Freedom Legal/Policy Framework Please refer to Appendix C in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the status of the government's acceptance of international legal standards The Mende are also Muslim majority at about 70℅, though with a large Christian minority at about 28%. Sheikh Muhammad Taha Jalloh is the president of the Sierra Leone Supreme Islamic Council Among the present most highly prominent Sierra Leonean Muslim scholars and preachers are Sheikh Abu Bakarr Cotco Kamara, Sheikh Muhammad Taha Jalloh, The large majority of Sierra Leonean Christians are The vast majority of Temne are Muslims at over 85%; and with a small Christian minority at about 10%. One of the first ethnic groups to become educated according to Western traditions, they have traditionally been appointed to positions in the civil service, beginning during the colonial years. To unlock this article for your friends, use any of the social share buttons on our site, or simply copy the link below.To share this article with your friends, use any of the social share buttons on our site, or simply copy the link below.Browse 60+ years of magazine archives and web exclusives. At the beginning of the 18th century, Islam was spread among the Temne peopl… Christian news and views about Sierra Leone. In 70 years the Christianity had changed in character, a change that owed much to the dwindling numbers of Nova Scotians in the Colony and their corresponding decline as role models for the recaptives. The two Freetown mosques, the Ghadafi Central Mosque and the Freetown Central Mosque, are the biggest mosques in the country. also Kopytoff, J. H. The best articles from Christianity Today on Sierra Leone. The vast majority of the Mende support the The Mende, who are believed to be descendants of the Since Independence, the Limba have traditionally been very influential in Sierra Leone's politics, along with the Mende. The Sierra Leone Government is constitutionally forbidden from establishing a state religion, though Muslim and Christian prayers are usually held in the country at the beginning of major political occasions, including presidential inauguration. The vast majority of Krios are Christians at about 95%, though with a small but significant Muslim minority at 5%. Sierra Leone's national politics centres on the competition between the north-west, dominated by the Temne, and the south-east dominated by the Mende. The vast majority of Limba support the All People's Congress (APC) political party. Both Bishop Crowther, and Henry Venn, the architect of the self governing church, regarded the Church in Sierra Leone as too English a church for a "native bishop. SIERRA LEONE 3 International Religious Freedom Report for 2018 United States Department of State • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor religious ceremony or observance if that instruction, ceremony, or observance relates to a religion other than the person’s own. Sierra Leone's first and second presidents, The Krio have traditionally dominated Sierra Leone's judiciacy and Freetown's elected city council. Muslims in Sierra Leone are primarily Sunnis of the Maliki school. Only a small percentage of Muslims, about 8%, adhere to the Ahmadiyya sect of the religion while a still smaller percentage belong to the Shia community. They continue to be influential in the civil service. Other sources report that the population of Christians in Sierra Leone may reach 21%.