Christianity in Bahrain

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Christians in Bahrain make up about 9.0% of the population, and can be divided into two groups.

Expatriate Christians

Foreign citizens from all the world who live and work in Bahrain make up the majority of Christians in Bahrain. They belong to various Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches.

Bahraini Christians

Christians who hold Bahraini citizenship number some 1,000 persons.^{[citation needed]} The majority of Christians are originally from Palestine, Jordan, or Iraq, although there are smaller numbers from Lebanon, Syria, and India. Many of them still retain cultural traits of their original homelands. For example, many of the Christians from the Levant speak a Levantine dialect of Arabic rather than the Bahraini Arabic dialect. The cuisine of Christian Bahrainis is also a sign of their ties to their original homelands.

The majority of Christian Bahraini citizens tend to be Orthodox Christians, with the largest church by membership being the Greek Orthodox Church. They enjoy many religious and social freedoms, and even have members in the Bahraini government. Bahrain is one of two GCC countries to have a local Christian population; the other country, Kuwait, also has Christian population but in much smaller numbers, with only about 200 Christian citizens.

Selected churches

• St. Christopher's Cathedral - Anglican
• Sacred Heart Church (Manama, Bahrain) - Catholic
• The National Evangelical Church [1]
• The Bahrain Malayalee Church of South India
• St. Mary's Orthodox Church - Indian Orthodox [2]
• St. Peter's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
• The Mar Thoma Church & St. Paul's Marthoma Church
• Saar Fellowship [3]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bahrain
• Sacred Heart Church (Manama, Bahrain)
• Christians in Bahrain (historical region)

References

External links

• St Christopher’s Cathedral and Awali Anglican Church