The 1963 Nigerian census, the last that asked about religion, found that about 47.2% of the population was Muslim, 34.3% Christian, and 18.5% other. Figures in the 2020 edition of The World Christian Encyclopedia (Johnson and Zurlo 2020) drew on figures assembled and updated as part of the World Christian Database (WCD); these put those who identify as Christians on 46.3%, and Muslims on 46.2 and ‘ethnic religions’ on 7.2%. Statisticians estimate that there may be up to a hundred million Christians in Nigeria. In 2020, 51% of Nigerians were Pentecostal, Charismatic and Evangelical.
Statistics Catholicism The
Catholic Church has seen an increase of followers in Nigeria. In 2020, there were an estimated 32 million baptised Catholics in Nigeria. The archdioceses of the Catholic Church in Nigeria are
Abuja,
Benin City,
Calabar,
Ibadan,
Jos,
Kaduna,
Lagos,
Onitsha, and
Owerri. Cardinal
Francis Arinze is a
Catholic cardinal from Nigeria.
Anglican Church of Nigeria The ecclesiastical provinces of the
Church of Nigeria are
Lagos,
Ibadan,
Ondo,
Edo, The Niger,
Niger Delta,
Owerri,
Abuja,
Kaduna, and
Jos. Its primate is
Henry Ndukuba.
The Apostolic Church Nigeria The Apostolic Church Nigeria is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Nigeria, affiliated with the
Apostolic Church. Its headquarters is in Lagos. It had 4.5 million members in 2016.
Assemblies of God The
General Council of the Assemblies of God Nigeria has its origins in the Nigerian Church of Jesus Christ and a partnership with the
Assemblies of God USA in 1934. The council was founded in 1964. It had 16,300 churches and 3.6 million members as of 2019.
Church of Christ in Nigeria The Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), formerly
Church of Christ in Nigeria, is a Christian denomination in Nigeria. It was founded in 1904. Its headquarters is in Jos, Plateau State. It used to have the name of Ekklesiyar Kristi A Nigeria. It is estimated to have over 8,000,000 members.
Evangelical Church Winning All The
Evangelical Church Winning All has about 6000 congregations and 6 million members. It was founded by SIM, a missions organization established in Nigeria in 1893.
Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria The
Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) is a major Lutheran denomination in Nigeria, a member of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). It was established as an independent church in 1913 from the Sudan United Mission, Danish Branch (SUMD), known today as Mission Afrika. The LCCN now has an estimated 2,200,000 members in over 2,400 congregations nationwide.
Methodist Church Nigeria The
Methodist Church Nigeria is one of the largest Methodist denominations in the world and one of the largest Christian churches in Nigeria, with around two million members in 2000
congregations. It has seen exponential growth since the turn of the millennium.
Nigerian Baptist Convention The
Nigerian Baptist Convention had about 6.5 million baptized members in 2008. The Baptist Mission was started by Thomas Jefferson Bowen in 1850. It currently has thirty five conferences in different ecclesiastical in Nigeria. It has its headquarter in Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Redeemed Christian Church of God The
Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is a Pentecostal mega church and denomination founded in
Lagos, Nigeria. The General overseer (most senior pastor) is
Enoch Adeboye, ordained in 1981. In 2008, it had 14,000 churches and 5 million members in Nigeria.
QIC-United Evangelical Church The
QIC-United Evangelical Church (Founded as Qua Iboe Church) is a Christian denomination in Nigeria. It has existed since 1887.[1] It has more than 1,000 congregations and 2,000,000 members.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church The
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria as of 2016 has close to 250,000 members throughout Nigeria divided into three different unions.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Within Nigeria, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also has a growing presence. On January 1, 2012, the church claimed more than 100,000 members in the country and had established 315 congregations.
Other In 1970, 87,000
Jehovah's Witnesses were present in Nigeria, which grew to more than 360,000 by 2014. The
New Apostolic Church in Nigeria reported 300,000 members in 2016.
Aladura is a classification of churches that abide by a Christian religious denomination or trend inspired by activities of progressive church elements, J.B. Sadare, D.O. Odubanjo, I.O. Sanya and others in 1918. The denomination has over 3 million adherents worldwide. The Aladura movement started at Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria in 1918. Estimates of Pentecostals and Charismatics in the country reach up to 60 million. == National Church of Nigeria ==