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CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY
Daniel Patte, General Editor
Editorial Board | Preparing Contextual, Conceptual-Theological and Historical, and Methodological Entries | CDC@vanderbilt.edu

NATION: SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 46,600
2000: 38,500
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 46,130; 99.0%
2000: 36,471; 94.8%

1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:

Bahaís: [1970] 200; 0.4%
________  [2000] 197; 0.5%

Hindus: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______    [2000] 577; 1.5%

Muslims: [1970] 0; 0.0%
________     [2000] 115; 0.3%
New-Religionists: [1970] 210; 0.5%
____________________   [2000] 104; 0.3%

Spiritists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________  [2000] 525; 1.4%

Nonreligious: [1970] 60; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 483; 1.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 655; 1.4%
___________________________   [2000] 471; 1.2%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 45,475; 97.6%
__________________________ [2000] 36,000; 93.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 17,500; 37.6%
_____________ [2000] 9,700; 25.1%

Protestants: [1970] 25,861; 55.5%
______________ [2000] 22,270; 57.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 4,000; 8.6%
______________________ [2000] 4,850; 12.6%
Independents: [1970] 2,700; 5.8%
_________________ [2000] 1,500; 3.9%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 300; 0.6%
_________________________ [2000] 510; 1.3%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -4,886; -10.5%
_____________________ [2000] -2,830; -7.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 9,800; 21.0%
________________ [2000] 7,100; 18.7%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,900; 4.1%
___________________________ [2000] 7,150; 18.8%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 1,400; 3.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 2,098; 5.5%
 
1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
West Indian Black: 90.4%
Mulatto: 5.0%
East Indian: 3.0%
British: 1.0%
French: 0.1%