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<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Uganda", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda, accessed | According to the national census of 2014, Christians of all denominations comprised 85 percent of Uganda's population. The '''Roman Catholic''' Church had the largest number of adherents (39.3 percent of the total population). The largest Protestant church was the '''Anglican Church of Uganda''', a part of the worldwide Anglican communion, at 32 percent. The category of '''Pentecostal/Evangelical/Born Again''' made up 11.1% of the population, while '''Seventh-Day Adventists''' made up 1.7%, '''Baptists''' 0.3% and '''Eastern Orthodox''' 0.1%. | ||
'''Jehovah's Witnesses''' operate in Uganda under the International Bible Students Association name and are working in a total of ten languages, including Swahili and Luganda. Followers of William M. Branham and '''Branhamism''' claim numbers in the tens of thousands, thanks in large part to translation and distribution efforts by Voice of God Recordings. | |||
The '''Presbyterian''' Church in Uganda has 100-200 congregations. The '''Reformed Presbyterian''' Church in Uganda was a result in a split in the Presbyterian church. | |||
The '''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''' claims more than 14,000 members in 27 congregations in Uganda. They also have two family history centers. | |||
The '''Society of Friends''' has two yearly meetings, Uganda Yearly Meeting, part of Friends United Meeting and Evangelical Friends Church. There were about 3,000 members between the two in 2001.[8] | |||
A 2015 study estimated some 35,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background residing in the country at the time. | |||
<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Uganda", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda, accessed 22 March 2020. </ref><ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Uganda", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Uganda, accessed 22 March 2020. </ref><br> | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||