Christianity
Christianity is a minority religion in Kuwait. There are 140,000 Catholics in Kuwait (about 3.92% of the population). There are now about 50,000 Protestants in Kuwait (1.40% of the population). The Anglican Church has about 115 members. The National Evangelical Church has about 15000 members. The Greek Orthodox Church has about 3500 members, the Armenian Orthodox Church has about 4000 members. The Coptic Orthodox Church has about 60,000 members. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has a ward (congregation) of approximately 300 members. The vast majority of Christians in Kuwait are foreigners. The Seventh-day Adventists are among the unrecognized Christian groups. The majority of Christians are foreign expats. However, there are approximately 200 Christian citizens, most of whom belong to 12 large families. A 1980 law prohibits the naturalization of non-Muslims; however, male Christian citizens whose families were citizens before 1980 are allowed to transmit their citizenship to their descendants, though not their spouses.
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Famous quotes containing the word christianity:
“To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death freely chosen, death at the right time, brightly and cheerfully accomplished amid children and witnesses: then a real farewell is still possible, as the one who is taking leave is still there; also a real estimate of what one has wished, drawing the sum of one’s life—all in opposition to the wretched and revolting comedy that Christianity has made of the hour of death.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark, though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We can never see Christianity from the catechism:Mfrom the pastures, from a boat in the pond, from amidst the songs of wood- birds we possibly may.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)