Christianity in Botswana

In these meetings, prayers are offered for the church, members, community, and leaders in the nation.

[3] Missionaries began to work in Botswana in 1928, and were noted for setting up schools and clinics.

[3] In 2006 the church in Francistown started a program to treat refugees infected with AIDS with anti retro viral therapy.

[5] The Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana was founded by Swiss missionaries led by the Rev.

Henri Gronin begun working in 1863 among the tribe Bakgatla, Kgafela in Saulsport and Rustenburg in South Africa.

While children were treated as small adults during the colonial era, the 1800s brought a wave of Sunday school programs (Protestants) and parochial schools (Catholics) specifically for that young population.

By the late 1800s, over half of Botswana's young members were attending elementary schools run by local parishes.

[citation needed] A study from 2015 estimated that about 100 Botswana Muslims convert to Christianity each year, most of whom belong to an evangelical or Pentecostal community.

[citation needed] The majority of Botswana Christians attend co-educational public schools, mostly government operated.

Every week day public channel BTV broadcasts short religious programs.