EJ Bollie
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By EJ Bollie • 2026-05-26 16:47:47
While most of you are being too sensitive about matters of religion in Liberia, let us also be honest about Liberia's history, because the facts matter.
We can all agree Christianity played a major role in the early formation of Liberia, but that is not the same thing as saying Liberia was built as a strictly "Christian nation."
Liberia was founded by freed African Americans sent by the American Colonisation Society, and part of that mission included spreading Christianity and Western ideals.
Those settlers brought their Protestant faith with them. They brought the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian, and it naturally influenced early governance, education, and social life.But we must also not ignore the full picture of our history.
Before the settlers arrived, the land already had its own people, cultures, and belief systems. Indigenous communities practised traditional African religions long before Christianity was introduced.
So I can safely say Christianity didn’t create Liberia, it was introduced into an already existing society and later became dominant through power and influence. Because the people who brought it also had political power and influence.
Never legally established as a religious state!
Our constitution of 1847, which founded the Republic, followed the model of the United States, it referenced God, yes, but it also protected freedom of religion.
Modern Liberia goes even further, clearly recognising freedom of conscience and prohibiting the establishment of any state religion. So historically and legally, Liberia is not a Christian state. Let me put it this way; it is a republic that has been influenced by Christianity, among other forces. Is it now beginning to make sense?
The distinction is very important!
Because believing in God, being Christian, Muslim, traditional, or having no religion at all, are personal choices. They are not grounds to threaten people, silence them, or define who belongs in Liberia or what they can or cannot say when expressing matters of faith and believe.
If there's anything I have learned as a Liberian born...
👉 Liberia is a country shaped by different beliefs, cultures, and people, and it's not controlled by one.
So Let us stop pretending that disagreement with religion is an attack on Liberia or its foundation. The message of salvation was never to go colonising the nations, but preach Christ to the nation's people, and their acceptance would be a choice.
Liberia is bigger than what you personally believe.