Protestantism in Mozambique

Christianity is the largest religion in Mozambique, with 62% of the population in 2023.[2] The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions sent Protestant missionaries to the country in 1881.[4] The Swiss Mission Church in South Africa also sent Rev.Paul Berthoud, who started two mission stations and a training institute in Rikatla.[5] Among the main Protestant churches in Mozambique are Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique, the Igreja Metodista Unida,[6] the Labourers Chapel Mozambique, the Assembleias de Deus, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Anglican Diocese of Lemombo, Anglican Diocese of Niassa, the Igreja do Evangelho Completo de Deus, the Igreja Crista Evangelica Pentecostal (ICEP), the Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique, the Igrejas de Cristo, the Assembleias Evangélicas de Deus Pentecostais and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mozambique.