Mission Work

Christianity and Islam are the two main religions practiced in Ivory Coast. “Christian missionaries arrived at the coast in the seventeenth century but did not win converts in large numbers until the nineteenth century.”[1] Both Christianity and Islam are practiced by people there. There is a lot of religious tolerance. The people are free to believe what they want. Some people will convert to other religions, but it is usually a private matter. “Missionaries are generally welcomed throughout the nation, although their teachings seldom replace centuries-old systems of spiritual belief and practice that form the basis of cultural unity.”[2] So, although missionaries are welcome in Ivory Coast, many of the people there stick with their spiritual beliefs that have been passed down for generations.

Islam
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/
islam-and-its-infidels-how-extremists-distorted-a-religion-of-millions

Christianity
http://www.unitetheusa.org/id83.html

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have done mission work in Ivory Coast. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is “informally the Mormon Church.”[3] They were sent on mission to Abidjan, which is a major city in Ivory Coast. “As of January 1, 2012, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 16,248 members in five stakes.”[4] A stake in regards to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is “an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.”[5] So that is another religious group that made an effort to witness to Ivory Coast.

http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/23-7300405/church-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints.aspx

In the end, Christianity and Islam are the main religions that are currently practiced in Ivory Coast. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the religious groups that has made an effort recently to minister to Ivory Coast, although there were probably many other religions that made the effort as well.

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[1] “Religion in Ivory Coast” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Ivory_Coast

[2] “Religion in Ivory Coast” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Ivory_Coast

[3] “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints

[4] “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints

[5] “Stake (Latter Day Saints” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)