Johannesburg Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Religion === [[File:Dutch Reformed Church in Jeppestown.JPG|thumb|Dutch Reformed Church in [[Jeppestown]]]] 53% belong to mainstream Christian churches, 24% are not affiliated with any organised religion, 14% are members of [[African Initiated Church|African Independent Churches]], 3% are [[Muslim]], 1% are [[Jewish]] and 1% are [[Hindu]]. There are [[Islam|Muslim]] mosques, [[Hindu]] temples, A Sikh Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) in Sandton and a large number of synagogues. ====Christianity==== Among the [[places of worship]], they are predominantly [[Christianity|Christian]] churches and temples: [[Serbian Orthodox church]], [[Zion Christian Church]], [[Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa]], [[Assemblies of God]], [[Baptist Union of Southern Africa]] ([[Baptist World Alliance]]), [[Methodist Church of Southern Africa]] ([[World Methodist Council]]), [[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] ([[Anglican Communion]]), [[Presbyterian Church of Africa]] ([[World Communion of Reformed Churches]]), [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg]] ([[Catholic Church]]) and the [[Johannesburg South Africa Temple]] ([[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]).<ref>Britannica, [https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa SouthAfrica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629053318/https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa |date=29 June 2019 }}, britannica.com, US, accessed on 7 July 2019</ref> ====Judaism==== Most of Johannesburg's estimated 50,000 Jews live in the North Eastern suburbs; [[Glenhazel]], [[Raedene Estate]], [[Kew, Gauteng|Kew]], [[Norwood, Gauteng|Norwood]], [[Highlands North, Gauteng|Highlands North]], [[Sandringham, Gauteng|Sandringham]], [[Savoy Estate]], [[Waverley, Johannesburg|Waverley]], [[Orchards, Johannesburg|Orchards]], [[Oaklands, Gauteng|Oaklands]] and [[Fairmount, Gauteng|Fairmount]].<ref>[https://www.sajbd.org/media/our-johannesburg Our Johannesburg] Jewish Affairs. 6 May 2020</ref> There are many [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] synagogues in the city including; [[Great Park Synagogue (Johannesburg)|Great Park Synagogue]], [[Oxford Shul]] and [[Doornfontein Synagogue]]. There is a smaller number of synagogues serving the city's [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jews]], including [[Temple Israel (Johannesburg)|Temple Israel]] and [[Beit Emanuel, Johannesburg|Beit Emanuel]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page