Protestants make up 0.05% of the population of Yemen in 2023, [1] [2] while Christians as a group make up 0.08% of the country's population.
It is unknown when Protestants first arrived in Yemen, but records show that the British Bible Society opened a bookshop there in 1886. The following year the Church of Scotland Mission to South Arabia sent a missionary ( Ion Keith Falconer) to Sheikh Othman in Adan. [3] A medical colleague later opened a hospital in his memory. [4] The Church of Scotland Mission worked with Danish missionary Oluf Høyer in Aden in 1904. [5]
In the early 21st century, peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims contribute to religious freedom. [6] However, it is reported that Christians and other religious minorities are often discriminated against when attempting to access humanitarian aid. [7]
An American Baptist congregation is affiliated with a hospital in Jibla. [6] Christ Church Aden, part of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, runs the charitable Ras Morbat Clinic in Aden. [8] [6]