This site is not updated so external links may no longer function. Contact us with any questions about finding information. External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government respects this right in practice. The Department of Home and Cultural Affairs has a nominal policy-making role concerning religion.
Most citizens are members of Christian churches.
Traditional indigenous religious believers, consisting primarily of the Kwaio community on the island of Malaita, account for approximately 5 percent. Other groups, such as the Baha'i faith, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and indigenous churches that have broken off from traditional Christian churches, account for another 2 percent. There are believed to be members of other world religions within the foreign community who are free to practice their religion, but they are not known to proselytize or hold public religious ceremonies. In general the Government does not subsidize religion. Several schools and health services in the country were built by and continue to be operated by religious organizations.