Religion in Kiribati there are 38 local spiritual assemblies. The 2010 census listed smaller religions such as Te Kouau, Assembly of God, Church of God, and Islam as other options. According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, there is a non-negligible population of Buddhists comprising less than 0.1% of the population. Unlike many Pacific Island countries, there was no significant Indian migration to Kiribati and in 1981, the Indian population comprised only 15 people, mostly expatriates on assignment from the Government of India. The main religions of the Indian families in Kiribati are Hinduism, Sikhism, and Christianity. On 30 October, 1978, a
Chinese names for the God of Abrahamic religions sense. The word "Dì" by itself has likewise been used for God. When Abrahamic religions penetrated China, they appropriated some of the traditional titles, or created new compound titles, to express their theology. Outside of direct translations in religious books, the following are often-encountered translations of the Abrahamic God in general usage. The earliest introduction of documented Judeo-Christian religion appears to be "Jǐng jiào" (景教, literally, "bright teaching") around 635 AD, whose proponents were Nestorian Christians from Persia. Their term for God was "Zhēnzhǔ" (真主, literally "Veritable Majesty," "True Lord," or "Lord of Truth."). In a hymn supposed to be