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<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Kuwait", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Kuwait", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Kuwait, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><br> | Christianity is a minority religion in Kuwait. Kuwait has a native Christian community, with a total population of between 200 and 400. In 2014, there were an estimated 259 Christian Kuwaitis residing in Kuwait. Kuwait is the only GCC country besides Bahrain to have a local Christian population who hold citizenship. Of the non-citizen population, there are an estimated 832,475 Christians (June 2018), or 18.24% of the population. | ||
The government-recognized Christian churches include the '''Roman Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the National Evangelical Church Kuwait (Protestant), the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Greek Catholic (Melkite) Church, the Anglican Church, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'''. There are also many Christian religious groups not officially recognized by the government with smaller populations, including the '''Indian Orthodox, Mar Thoma, and Seventh-day Adventist Church'''. Unrecognized groups are generally free to worship in private. There are also a number of believers in Christ from a Muslim background in the country, though many are not citizens. A 2015 study estimates that around 350 people in the country follow these beliefs.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Kuwait", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Kuwait", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Kuwait, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><br> | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||