Protestantism in South Africa

Protestantism in South Africa accounted for 73.2% of the population in 2010.[1] Its history dates back to the initial European settlement on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. Since then, Protestantism has been the predominant religion of the European settlers and today, of South Africa as a whole.

Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu, seen here speaking at the German Evangelical Church Assembly, is an influential theologian of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

Protestant churches in South Africa
Christian denominations
in South Africa

According to the CIA Factbook, while the majority of South Africans are Protestant, no individual church predominates. The largest Protestant denomination in the country is Pentecostalism, followed by Methodism, Dutch Reformed and Anglicans.

Protestant denominations in South Africa include:

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See also

Sources

References
  1. http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/south-africa#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010&region_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2015

Further reading
  • Stephen Offutt, New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2015) focuses on El Salvador and South Africa. online review

C. Jeannerat, D. Péclard & E. Morier-Genoud, Embroiled. Swiss churches, South Africa and Apartheid, Berlin: LIT Verlag (Coll. “Schweizerische Afrikastudien/Études africaines suisses”), 2011


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