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Percentage population of Christian in Malaysia according to 2020 census. Christianity is the third-largest religion in Malaysia. In the 2020 census, 9.1% of the Malaysian population identified themselves as Christians. [1] About two-thirds of Malaysia's Christian population lives in East Malaysia, in the states of Sabah and Sarawak.
Christian population growth is the population growth of the global Christian community. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were more than 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, more than three times as many as the 600 million recorded in 1910.
In 2022, about 9% of the population of Malaysia were Christians, [6] mostly non-Malay Bumiputera, also including some Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indian minorities. About half of Malaysian Christians are Catholic. [72] Most Christians are found in East Malaysia, where Good Friday is a public holiday in the states of Sabah and Sarawak.
Over the decade, Christians were discriminated against and Catholic and other Christian missionaries were expelled from Sabah. However, in 1972, the new diocese of Malacca-Johor was created, making a total of six in Malaysia (three in the West, and three in Eastern Malaysia). In 1973, Malaysia became the first ASEAN country to recognise China ...
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [11] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
Ground was broken for the first meetinghouse in East Malaysia at Kota Kinabalu on 16 April 2003. [1] [4] Though it was the first groundbreaking of a meetinghouse in Malaysia, it was the second meetinghouse dedicated in the country. [5] On 2 August 2003, the Malaysia district holds its women's conference. [6]
The LCM has seen steady growth over the years with a 10.8% growth in membership recorded in 2006 [11] and also actively supports mission work among the Senoi [12] and Jahai [13] people of West Malaysia and overseas mission work in Kyrgyzstan [14] and Myanmar (in partnership with the Myanmar Lutheran Church). [15]
[11] 6 January COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. 85% of Malaysia's hospital beds for COVID-19 patients filled, as new daily cases hit high. [12] 7 January COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Malaysia records the highest COVID-19 tally in a day with 3,027 cases. RoS rejects applications from Homeland Fighters' Party to be registered as political party. [13]