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Christianity In Yemen
Christianity is a minority religion in Yemen. Article 51 of the Yemeni constitution mentions religious liberty. There are three churches in Aden. Pre-Islamic period Christianity was a widespread religion on the territory of contemporary Yemen as early as the 5th century, before arrival of Islam in Yemen. The most prominent site of Christianity in Yemen became the oasis of Najran, giving rise to the Christian community of Najran. Persecutions also began in the late 5th century, already recounted in stories like the Martyrdom of Azqir. In the early 520s, the Jewish king of Himyar, Dhu Nuwas, instigated a massacre of Najran's Christians, causing internal outrage in the Christian community and instigating the Ethiopian invasion of Yemen, which brought about Christian Aksumite rule over the region for several decades in the 6th century. Najran had a bishop in this time, and many pieces of Christian architecture were constructed, such as the Kaaba of Najran. Present situation ...
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose coming as the Messiah#Christianity, messiah (Christ (title), Christ) was Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament, prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the Major religious groups, world's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in Christianity by country, 157 countries and territories. Christianity remains Christian culture, culturally diverse in its Western Christianity, Western and Eastern Christianity, Eastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerning Justification (theology), justification and the natur ...
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World Christian Encyclopedia
''World Christian Encyclopedia'' is a reference work, with its third edition published by Edinburgh University Press in November 2019. The ''WCE'' is known for providing membership statistics for major world religions and Christian denominations including historical data and projections of future populations. The data incorporated into the ''World Christian Encyclopedia'' have been made available online at the World Christian Database (WCD). Editions 1st – 1982 The first edition, ''World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World A.D. 1900–2000'' (''WCE''), by David B. Barrett, was published in 1982 by Oxford University Press. Barrett was a trained aeronautical engineer who became a missionary with the Church Missionary Society (Anglican). He arrived in Nyanza Province in Western Kenya in 1957. Over the course of 14 years he traveled to 212 of 223 countries and corresponded with Christians all over the world in search of th ...
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Missionaries Of Charity Attack In Aden
The Missionaries of Charity attack in Aden was a mass murder committed by unknown gunmen inside a nursing home in Aden, Yemen on 4 March 2016. 16 people were killed, including four Catholic Church, Catholic nuns. An Indian priest, Tom Uzhunnalil, was kidnapped. The identities of the attackers are unknown. Media outlets published a statement attributed to Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen), Ansar al-Sharia, one of the active jihadist organizations in the country, denying any relation to the incident. The attackers reportedly belonged to the Yemen-based affiliate of the Islamic State (ISIS) group. Background Christian presence in Yemen goes back to the fourth century AD to hold a number of Himyarite Kingdom, Himyarites believers due to the efforts of Theophilos the Indian. Currently, there are no official statistics on their numbers, but estimated at between 3,000 and 25,000 people, and most of them are refugees or temporary residents. Freedom of worship, conversion from Islam and establi ...
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Freedom Of Religion In Yemen
The Constitution of Yemen provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally respected this right in practice; however, there were some restrictions. The Constitution declares that Islam is the state religion, and that Shari'a (Islamic law) is the source of all legislation. Government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion; however, there were some restrictions. Muslims and followers of religious groups other than Islam are free to worship according to their beliefs, but the Government prohibits conversion from Islam and the proselytization of Muslims. Although relations among religious groups continued to contribute to religious freedom, there were some reports of societal abuses and discrimination based on religious belief or practice. There were isolated attacks on Jews and some prominent Zaydi Muslims felt targeted by government entities for their religious affiliation. Government military reengagement in the Saada governorate ca ...
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Protestantism In Yemen
Protestants make up 0.05% of the population of Yemen in 2023, while Christians as a group make up 0.08% of the country's population. It is unknown when Protestants first arrived in Yemen, but records show that the British and Foreign Bible Society, British Bible Society opened a bookshop there in 1886. The following year the Church of Scotland Mission to South Arabia sent a missionary (Ion Keith Falconer) to Sheikh Othman in Adan. A medical colleague later opened a hospital in his memory. The Church of Scotland Mission worked with Danish missionary Oluf Høyer in Aden in 1904. In the early 21st century, peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims contribute to religious freedom. However, it is reported that Christians and other religious minorities are often discriminated against when attempting to access humanitarian aid. An American Baptist congregation is affiliated with a hospital in Jibla, Yemen, Jibla. Christ Church Aden, part of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem a ...
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Roman Catholicism In Yemen
The Catholic Church in Yemen is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Christians as a group make up 0.06% of Yemen’s population. Most of these are Orthodox Christians. In 2020, there were four hundred Catholics in the country, which included one priest and eight nuns. There are also approximately 2,500 Catholics who are temporary foreign workers or refugees. The Catholic Church in Yemen forms part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia. Persecution Three nuns who were members of the Missionaries of Charity were killed in Hodeida 1998. In the same year, Yemen and the Vatican established diplomatic relations. On 4 March 2016, terrorists of uncertain affiliation attacked a Catholic home for the elderly in Aden, killing sixteen people including four missionary sisters of the Missionaries of Charity and some local Muslim workers. It is reported that at Christians and other religious minorities are often discriminated ...
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Religion In Yemen
Yemen is an Islamic country. Nearly all Yemenis are Muslims: the U.S. government estimated in 2024 that more than 99% of the population is Muslim, with approximately 60–65% adhering to Sunni Islam (mostly Shaafiism) and 35–40% to Shia Islam (mostly Zaydism). Amongst the native population, there were an estimated 1,000 Christians and six Jews remaining in 2016. The U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2023 put the estimated number of Christians in Yemen at 16,500 but also acknowledged other estimates of a few thousand. The same report noted there was only one Jew left in Yemen following the expulsion of 13 by Houthis in 2021. However, using data collected in 2010, the Pew Research Center estimated there were over 40,000 Christians, though most do not publicly identify as such due to fears of religious persecution. According to 2017 WIN/Gallup International polls, Yemen has the most religious population among Arab countries, and it is one of the m ...
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Open Doors
Open Doors is a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians around the world. They work with local partners to distribute Bibles and Christian literature, give discipleship training and provide practical support, such as emergency relief aid. Open Doors' stated aims are to raise awareness of global persecution, mobilising prayer, support and action among Christians from around the world. It is based in Ermelo, the Netherlands. Open Doors is also a member of the Forum of Bible Agencies International. History Open Doors was founded in 1955 by Andrew van der Bijl, a Dutchman more widely known as Brother Andrew, when he decided to smuggle Bibles to persecuted Christians in Communist Poland. He continued this work in smuggling Bibles to many of the Soviet-controlled countries and in 1957 was given a blue Volkswagen Beetle which he used to make deliveries within the Communist bloc. With this new car he was able to carry more literature. Thereafter, the work of O ...
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Jibla, Yemen
Jiblah () is a town in the Ibb Governorate of Yemen, south-west of the city of Ibb. It is located at the elevation of around , near Jabal At-Ta'kar (). The town and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List due to its purported universal cultural value. By 2019 Jiblah University for medical and health science was established in the center of the town of Jiblah. The historical Palace of Queen Arwa is located in the town. History Following the assassination of the Sulayhid 'Ali ibn Muhammad in 1067 CE, Arwa al-Sulayhi's husband Ahmad became the ''de jure'' ruler of Yemen, but he was unable to rule, being paralysed and bedridden. He gave all of his power to Arwa, one of her first actions was to move the capital from Sana'a to Jibla, in order to be in a better position to destroy Sa'id ibn Najar, and thus avenge her father-in-law's death. This she managed to do by luring him into a trap in 1088. She built a new palace at Jibla, and transfor ...
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Protestants
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. The five solae, five ''solae'' summarize the basic theological beliefs of mainstream Protestantism. Protestants follow the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began in the 16th century with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church from perceived Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors, abuses, and discrepancies. The Reformation began in the Holy Roman Empire in 1517, when Martin Luther published his ''Ninety-five Theses'' as a reaction against abuses in the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church, which purported to offer the remission of the Purgatory, temporal ...
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San'a
Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation of , Sanaa is one of the highest capital cities in the world and is next to the Sarawat Mountains of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb and Jabal Tiyal, considered to be the highest mountains in the Arabian Peninsula and one of the highest in the Middle East. Sanaa has a population of approximately 3,292,497 (2023), making it Yemen's largest city. As of 2020, the greater Sanaa urban area makes up about 10% of Yemen's total population. The Old City of Sanaa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a distinctive architectural character, most notably expressed in its multi-story buildings decorated with geometric patterns. Al-Saleh Mosque, the largest in the country, is located in the southern outskirts of the city. According to the Yemeni constitution, San ...
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Catholics
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upon whom pr ...
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