Editing Anguilla (section)

=== Religion ===
Christian churches did not have a consistent or strong presence during the initial period of English colonisation; spiritual and religious practices of Europeans and Africans tended to reflect their regional origins. As early as 1813, Christian ministers formally ministered to enslaved Africans and promoted literacy among converts.<ref>Walicek, Don E. (2011). "Christianity, Literacy, and Creolization in Nineteenth-Century Anguilla". In ''Anansi's Defiant Webs, Contact, Continuity, Convergence, and Complexity in the Language, Literatures and Cultures of the Greater Caribbean'', ed. by N. Faraclas, R. Severing, et al., Willemstad: University of Curaçao and Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma, pp. 181–189.</ref> The [[Wesleyan]] (Methodist) [[Missionary Society of England]] built churches and schools from 1817.<ref>Hodge, S. Wilfred (2003). "Bethel—the road—and due west" In Wilbert Forker (Ed.), ''Born in Slavery: A Story of Methodism in Anguilla and Its Influence in the Caribbean'' (pp. 20–29). Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press.</ref>

According to the 2001 census, Christianity is Anguilla's predominant religion, with 29% of the population practising [[Anglicanism]]; another 23.9% are [[Methodist]].<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – Anguilla"/> Other churches on the island include [[Seventh-day Adventist]], [[Baptist]], [[Roman Catholic]] (served by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre|Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre]], with the See at Saint John on [[Antigua and Barbuda]]) and a small community of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] (0.7%).<ref name="statistics census">{{cite web|url=http://gov.ai/statistics/census/Demography%20&%20Culture%20tables.htm|title=Persons by Religion, Census 1992 and 2001 (Table 14)|publisher=Statistics Department of Anguilla|access-date=16 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124150450/http://gov.ai/statistics/census/Demography%20%26%20Culture%20tables.htm|archive-date=24 November 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 1992 and 2001, the number of followers of the [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God]] and [[Pentecostals]] increased considerably.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} There are at least 15 churches on the island. Although a minority on the island, Anguilla is an important location to followers of [[Rastafari movement|Rastafarian]] religion as the birthplace of [[Robert Athlyi Rogers]], author of the ''[[Holy Piby]]'' which had a strong influence on Rastafarian and other Africa-centre belief systems.<ref name="Introduction & Analysis">{{cite book |last1=Selassie I, PhD |first1=W. Gabriel |title=Introduction and Analysis: The Holy Piby, The Blackman's Bible |date=2017 |publisher=Orunmilla, Inc. |location=Los Angeles |isbn=978-0986381904 |pages=xiii}}</ref><ref name="Price2009">{{cite book|first=Charles |last=Price|title=Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OC399TZD2BwC&pg=PA49|year=2009|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-6768-9|pages=48–49}}</ref> More recently, a Muslim cultural centre has opened on the island.<ref name="statistics census"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religions in Anguilla<ref name="statistics census"/><br /><small>by percentage</small>
! Religion !! 1992 !! 2001 !! 2011
|-
| [[Church in the Province of the West Indies|Anglican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 40.4
| style="text-align:center;"| 29.0
| style="text-align:center;"| 22.7
|-
| [[Methodist]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 33.2
| style="text-align:center;"| 23.9
| style="text-align:center;"| 19.4
|-
| [[Pentecostal]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.7
| style="text-align:center;"| 10.5
|-
| [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.0
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.6
| style="text-align:center;"| 8.3
|-
| [[Baptist]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.7
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.3
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.1
|-
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.2
| style="text-align:center;"| 5.7
| style="text-align:center;"| 6.8
|-
| [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 7.6
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.9
|-
| [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.7
| style="text-align:center;"| 1.1
|-
| [[Rastafarian]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.7
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.5
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| [[Plymouth Brethren]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.3
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.1
|-
| [[Muslim]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.3
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| [[Presbyterian]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.2
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.2
|-
| [[Hindu]]
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.4
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Jewish
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.1
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| None
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.0
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.5
|-
| Other
| style="text-align:center;"| 10.7
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.5
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Not stated
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.7
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.3
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}