Christianity
The 2000 census percentages were as follows:
- Roman Catholic Church (27.0%)
- Papua New Guinea Bible Church (20.0%)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (19.5%)
- United Church (11.5%)
- Seventh-day Adventist Church (10.0%)
- Pentecostal (8.6%)
- Evangelical Alliance (5.2%)
- Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea (3.2%)
- Baptist (0.5%)
- Salvation Army (0.2%)
- Other Christian (10%)
- Jehovah's Witnesses (0.4%)
- Church of Christ (0.4%)
In 2010, emerging Christian denominations include the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Members Church of God International.
The Papua New Guinea Council of Churches members are:
- Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
- Gutnius Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
- Union Baptist
- Roman Catholic Church
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
- United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
- Salvation Army
There are also a number of parachurch organizations:
- The Summer Institute of Linguistics is a missionary institution drawing its support from conservative evangelical Protestant churches in the United States and to a lesser extent Australia; it translates the Bible into local languages and conducts extensive linguistic research.
- Young Women's Christian Association
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