Editing Channel Islands (section)

=== Religion ===
{{main|List of churches, chapels and meeting halls in the Channel Islands}}
[[Christianity]] was brought to the islands around the sixth century; according to tradition, Jersey was evangelised by St [[Helier]], Guernsey by St [[Samson of Dol]], and the smaller islands were occupied at various times by monastic communities representing strands of [[Celtic Christianity]]. At the [[Reformation]], the previously [[Catholic]] islands converted to [[Calvinism]] under the influence of an influx of French-language pamphlets published in [[Geneva]]. [[Anglicanism]] was imposed in the seventeenth century, but the [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Nonconformist]] local tendency returned with a strong adoption of [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodism]]. In the late twentieth century, a strong Catholic presence re-emerged with the arrival of numerous Portuguese workers (both from mainland [[Portugal]] and the island of [[Madeira]]). Their numbers have been reinforced by recent migrants from Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Today, [[evangelical Christianity|Evangelical]] churches have been established. Services are held in a number of languages.

According to 2015 statistics, 39% of the population was non-religious.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://humanism.org.uk/2015/12/02/first-ever-jersey-official-religion-statistics-show-39-of-islanders-are-non-religious/ |title=First ever Jersey official religion statistics show 39% of islanders are non-religious |date=2 December 2015 |website=humanism.org.uk |publisher=British Humanist Association |access-date=1 February 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010213039/https://humanism.org.uk/2015/12/02/first-ever-jersey-official-religion-statistics-show-39-of-islanders-are-non-religious/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Government%20and%20administration/R%20JASS%202015%2020151202%20SU.pdf |title=Jersey Annual Social Survey 2015 |date=2 December 2015 |website=www.gov.je |publisher=States of Jersey |page=8 |access-date=1 February 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010201303/https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Government%20and%20administration/R%20JASS%202015%2020151202%20SU.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>