Worshippers at a Pentecostal church in Nigeria. The movement has become an increasingly popular sub-group of the Christian church in Africa.
Worshippers at a Pentecostal church in Nigeria. The movement has become an increasingly popular sub-group of the Christian church in Africa.
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While western societies such as the U.S. are becoming <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pewforum.org%2F2012%2F10%2F09%2Fnones-on-the-rise%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">increasingly secular</a>, the church in West Africa has experienced the opposite. Here, faith plays a powerful role in people's lives.
While western societies such as the U.S. are becoming increasingly secular, the church in West Africa has experienced the opposite. Here, faith plays a powerful role in people's lives.
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People pray during a seaside church service in a slum in Monrovia, Liberia, in 2016. <br />
People pray during a seaside church service in a slum in Monrovia, Liberia, in 2016.
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A service at a Pentecostal church on New Year's Day in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2014.
A service at a Pentecostal church on New Year's Day in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2014.
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Church members dance in thanks to God for the election of Ghana's new President John Atta-Mills during a service in Accra, Ghana, in 2009.
Church members dance in thanks to God for the election of Ghana's new President John Atta-Mills during a service in Accra, Ghana, in 2009.
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A Sunday service at the Bethel World Outreach Church in Monrovia, Liberia.
A Sunday service at the Bethel World Outreach Church in Monrovia, Liberia.
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Church members of the Bethlehem World Outreach Ministry International in Liberia pray at a Sunday service during the Ebola epidemic.
Church members of the Bethlehem World Outreach Ministry International in Liberia pray at a Sunday service during the Ebola epidemic.
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Catholics re-enact nailing Jesus to the cross and the stations of the cross on Easter Friday in Abidjan, The Ivory Coast, in 2009. There are about 171 million Catholics in sub-Saharan Africa.
Catholics re-enact nailing Jesus to the cross and the stations of the cross on Easter Friday in Abidjan, The Ivory Coast, in 2009. There are about 171 million Catholics in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Policemen in Benin walk past a sign announcing a mass conducted by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit in 2011. <br />
Policemen in Benin walk past a sign announcing a mass conducted by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit in 2011.
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