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<li><a href="/wiki/Tu%CA%BBi_Tonga_Empire" title="Tuʻi Tonga Empire">Early empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tonga_(1900%E2%80%931970)" title="Kingdom of Tonga (1900–1970)">Kingdom of Tonga (1900–1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%CA%BBa_(Tongatapu)" title="Muʻa (Tongatapu)">Muʻa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu%CA%BBi_Tonga" title="Tuʻi Tonga">Tuʻi Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu%CA%BBi_Ha%CA%BBatakalaua" title="Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua">Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu%CA%BBi_Kanokupolu" title="Tuʻi Kanokupolu">Tuʻi Kanokupolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Nuku%CA%BBalofa_riots" title="2006 Nukuʻalofa riots">2006 Nukuʻalofa riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Gita" title="Cyclone Gita">Cyclone Gita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Tonga" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%CA%BBapai_eruption_and_tsunami" title="2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami">2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups in Tonga">People</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Tonga">Languages</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Tonga">Cuisine</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Religion</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Tonga">Literature</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" 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href="#cite_note-Tonga_Religions_-_Demographics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orchid; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodism</a> (53.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Blue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormonism</a> (18.6%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Purple; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> (14.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:SkyBlue; color:black;"> </span> Other <a href="/wiki/Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian">Christian</a> (10.4%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> (2.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Red; color:black;"> </span> Other / None (0.8%)</div> </div> </div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saione.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saione.jpg/220px-Saione.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saione.jpg/330px-Saione.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saione.jpg/440px-Saione.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The Centenary Chapel (popularly called <i>Saione</i>, or <a href="/wiki/Zion" title="Zion">Zion</a>), located in <a href="/wiki/Nuku%27alofa" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuku'alofa">Nuku'alofa</a>. It is the national seat of the Free Wesleyan Church.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pasilika_Tonga.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Pasilika_Tonga.jpg/220px-Pasilika_Tonga.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Pasilika_Tonga.jpg/330px-Pasilika_Tonga.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Pasilika_Tonga.jpg/440px-Pasilika_Tonga.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1223" data-file-height="887" /></a><figcaption>Catholic Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua in Nuku'alofa</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> is the predominant <b>religion in Tonga</b>, with <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodists</a> having the most adherents.<sup id="cite_ref-Tonga_Religions_-_Demographics_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonga_Religions_-_Demographics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tonga" title="Constitution of Tonga">constitution</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> establishes the freedom of religion, which is respected in practice by both the government and general society, although there are some laws which restrict commerce and broadcast media in accordance with Christian religious norms. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Tonga&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tongans are ardent churchgoers. <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">Church</a> service usually follows a call and response structure. Singing in the church is often done <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a>. Although a church attends primarily to the spiritual needs of the population, it also functions as the primary social hub. </p><p>Sunday in Tonga is celebrated as a strict sabbath, enshrined so in the constitution, and despite some voices to the opposite, the Sunday ban is not likely to be abolished soon. No trade is allowed on Sunday, except essential services, after special approval by the minister of police. Those that break the <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a> risk a fine or imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with others from <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>, some Tongan Christians have attempted to develop their own unique <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a> which addresses the contextual questions offered by people of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a>. This includes the <a href="/wiki/Coconut_theology" title="Coconut theology">coconut theology</a> of the Methodist <a href="/wiki/Sione_%27Amanaki_Havea" class="mw-redirect" title="Sione 'Amanaki Havea">Sione 'Amanaki Havea</a> or the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Incarnational_theology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Incarnational theology (page does not exist)">incarnational theology</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Tonga" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Tonga">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">Bishop</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Patelesio_Finau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patelesio Finau (page does not exist)">Patelesio Finau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuku_alofa_Tonga_Temple_2007-11-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Nuku_alofa_Tonga_Temple_2007-11-17.jpg/220px-Nuku_alofa_Tonga_Temple_2007-11-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Nuku_alofa_Tonga_Temple_2007-11-17.jpg/330px-Nuku_alofa_Tonga_Temple_2007-11-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Nuku_alofa_Tonga_Temple_2007-11-17.jpg/440px-Nuku_alofa_Tonga_Temple_2007-11-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>LDS Tonga Temple</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Tonga" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga</a> had 66,361 <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_statistics#Membership_defined" class="mw-redirect" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics">members on record</a> (about 60% of the population) with 173 congregations as of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Tonga has a higher per-capita number of Latter-day Saints than any other country in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, according to the 2011 census, only 18.01% of Tongans belong to LDS Church and Tongans belonging to mainstream <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a> represent majority of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-spc.int_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spc.int-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_religions">Other religions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Tonga&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Other religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> has begun to gain traction, growing from 0.2% to 0.4% of the population in five years.<sup id="cite_ref-report_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> decreased from 104 people in 2006 to 100 in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-spc.int_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spc.int-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Tonga" title="Baháʼí Faith in Tonga">Baháʼí Faith in Tonga</a> started after being set as a goal to introduce the religion in 1953,<sup id="cite_ref-plan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Baháʼís arrived in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-gold_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gold-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With conversions and <a href="/wiki/Pioneering_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pioneering (Baháʼí)">pioneers</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_Assembly#Local_Spiritual_Assemblies" title="Spiritual Assembly">Local Spiritual Assembly</a> was elected in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-hassal-pacific_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hassal-pacific-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less than forty years later, in 1996, the Baháʼís of Tonga established their paramount <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_school" title="Baháʼí school">Baháʼí school</a> in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Ocean_of_Light_International_School" title="Ocean of Light International School">Ocean of Light International School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 2004 there were 29 local spiritual assemblies<sup id="cite_ref-gold_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gold-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and about 5% of the national population were members of the Baháʼí Faith though the <a href="/wiki/Tonga_Broadcasting_Commission" title="Tonga Broadcasting Commission">Tonga Broadcasting Commission</a> maintained a policy that does not allow discussions by members of the Baháʼí Faith of its founder, <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'u'lláh">Bahá'u'lláh</a> on its radio broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-statedept_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statedept-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 20th century, there were two early <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikh</a> pioneers residing in Tonga who came from the <a href="/wiki/Garhshankar" title="Garhshankar">Garhshankar</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a></i> of the Punjab.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Tonga&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2011 census, 36% of the population are members of the <a href="/wiki/Free_Wesleyan_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Wesleyan Church">Free Wesleyan Church</a>, including the king and the majority of the royal family. <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Tonga" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> is the next largest group (18%), followed by the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Tonga" title="Catholic Church in Tonga">Roman Catholic Church</a> (15%), and three further Methodist denominations, the <a href="/wiki/Free_Church_of_Tonga" title="Free Church of Tonga">Free Church of Tonga</a> (12%), the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Tonga" title="Church of Tonga">Church of Tonga</a> (7%), and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokaikolo_Christian_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokaikolo Christian Church (page does not exist)">Tokaikolo Christian Church</a> (2.5%). Tonga also has members of the <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church of Tonga">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicans">Anglicans</a>, adherents of the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Tonga" title="Baháʼí Faith in Tonga">Baháʼí Faith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Hinduism in Tonga">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslims</a>, all of which constitutes less than 3% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census_figures">Census figures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Tonga&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Census figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Religions in Tonga by Census </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>1986<sup id="cite_ref-ASCCENSUS96_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASCCENSUS96-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>1996<sup id="cite_ref-ASCCENSUS96_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASCCENSUS96-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2006<sup id="cite_ref-Tonga_2006_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonga_2006-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2011<sup id="cite_ref-Census_Report_2011r1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Report_2011r1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianity in Tonga">Christianity</a> </th> <td>90,175 </td> <td>94,489 </td> <td>99,255 </td> <td>101,272 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Tonga" title="Baháʼí Faith in Tonga">Baháʼí Faith</a> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>595 </td> <td>686 </td> <td>777 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Hinduism in Tonga">Hinduism</a> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>104 </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>71 </td> <td>183 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Tonga" title="Islam in Tonga">Islam</a> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other </th> <td>2,874 </td> <td>830 </td> <td>202 </td> <td>877 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Refuse to answer </th> <td>0 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>1,698 </td> <td>275 </td></tr> <tr> <th>None </th> <td>0 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>288 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>94,049 </th> <th>96,020 </th> <th>101,991 </th> <th>103,043 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Christian groups in Tonga by Census </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>1986<sup id="cite_ref-ASCCENSUS96_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASCCENSUS96-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>1996<sup id="cite_ref-ASCCENSUS96_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASCCENSUS96-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2006<sup id="cite_ref-Tonga_2006_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonga_2006-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2011<sup id="cite_ref-Census_Report_2011r1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Report_2011r1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Free_Wesleyan_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Wesleyan Church">Free Wesleyan Church</a> </th> <td>40,371 </td> <td>39,703 </td> <td>38,052 </td> <td>36,592 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Tonga" title="Catholic Church in Tonga">Roman Catholic</a> </th> <td>14,921 </td> <td>15,309 </td> <td>15,922 </td> <td>15,441 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Tonga" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga">Latter-day Saints</a> </th> <td>11,270 </td> <td>13,225 </td> <td>17,109 </td> <td>18,554 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Free_Church_of_Tonga" title="Free Church of Tonga">Free Church of Tonga</a> </th> <td>10,413 </td> <td>11,226 </td> <td>11,599 </td> <td>11,863 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Tonga" title="Church of Tonga">Church of Tonga</a> </th> <td>6,882 </td> <td>7,016 </td> <td>7,295 </td> <td>6,935 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokaikolo_Christian_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokaikolo Christian Church (page does not exist)">Tokaikolo Christian Church</a> </th> <td>3,047 </td> <td>2,919 </td> <td>2,597 </td> <td>2,533 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_in_Aotearoa,_New_Zealand_and_Polynesia" title="Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia">Anglican Church</a> </th> <td>563 </td> <td>720 </td> <td>765 </td> <td>728 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church of Tonga">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a> </th> <td>2,143 </td> <td>2,381 </td> <td>2,282 </td> <td>2,331 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly of God">Assembly of God</a> </th> <td>565 </td> <td>1,082 </td> <td>2,350 </td> <td>2,602 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Constitutional Church of Tonga </th> <td>0 </td> <td>845 </td> <td>941 </td> <td>961 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Gospel Church </th> <td>0 </td> <td>63 </td> <td>243 </td> <td>236 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>462 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other Pentecostal Denomination </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1,034 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>90,175 </th> <th>94,489 </th> <th>99,255 </th> <th>101,272 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_freedom">Religious freedom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Tonga&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religious freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constitution of Tonga establishes the freedom of religion, with the qualification that this freedom is not used to "commit evil" or to otherwise violate the law. The constitution forbids commercial transactions on Sundays in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Sabbath" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Sabbath">Christian Sabbath</a>, although the tourism industry is granted some exceptions from this rule.<sup id="cite_ref-:usirf17_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:usirf17-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Religious organizations are not required to register with the government, but may do so in order to receive tax exemptions, the right to issue legally recognized marriage certificates, and other privileges. Foreign missionaries may operate in the country without special restrictions.<sup id="cite_ref-:usirf17_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:usirf17-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Public schools may choose to include up to an hour of religious education per week; students are required to attend religious education courses pertaining to the religion that they profess. Many religious organizations operate private schools.<sup id="cite_ref-:usirf17_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:usirf17-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government allows religious organizations to broadcast programming on <a href="/wiki/TV_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="TV Tonga">TV Tonga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio_Tonga" title="Radio Tonga">Radio Tonga</a>, officially with the restriction that they must limit their messaging to be "within the limits of the mainstream Christian tradition". Despite this restriction, in the past the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> community has televised programming, although the community has since discontinued this program. As of 2017, there have been no reports of the government denying requests for air time from any religious organization.<sup id="cite_ref-:usirf17_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:usirf17-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Tonga&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Tonga" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Hinduism in Tonga">Hinduism in Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Tonga" title="Islam in Tonga">Islam in Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_religion" title="Tongan religion">Tongan religion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Tonga&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mouimooni.com">Christian videos in the Tongan language</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110709042048/http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/convictions/christianity/fwc/fwc.html">The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Cook_Islands" title="Religion in the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Niue" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Niue">Niue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies<br />and other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Christmas_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in the Cocos (Keeling) 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