Ubutumwa bwa mbere bwa gikirisitu bwahageze mu 1879, ariko abamisiyoneri baricwa kandi umwami w’u Burundi wategetse kugeza mu 1908 ntabwo yari ashishikajwe na tewolojiya y’amahanga cyangwa ibicuruzwa byatumizwaga mu mahanga.

Inshingano nini za gikirisitu zageze mu Burundi mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya 20, mu gihe cy’ubutegetsi bw’abakoloni bw’Abadage, hanyuma zikurikirwa n’ubutegetsi bw’abakoloni bw’Ababiligi.

Abamisiyonari b’Abagatolika n’Abaporotesitanti bahageze mu myaka 20 ya mbere y’ikinyejana cya 20, mu gihe mu 1920 babonye Ababatisita, mu myaka ya za 1930 haza Abametodiste b’Abidegemvya n’abamisiyonari b’Abangilikani. Inshingano zagize uruhare runini mu mushinga wabakoloni.

Mu Burundi bwigenga nyuma y’abakoloni, ubukirisitu bwagiranye umubano ukomeye n’abayobozi ba politiki b’Uburundi, igihugu gifite abaturage bagera kuri miliyoni 11 kandi kikaba kimwe mu bihugu bituwe cyane muri Afurika (abantu barenga 1000 kuri kilometero kare).

Inzego z’amadini ziri mu Burundi zahamagariwe gufasha gukiza amacakubiri mu baturage, gufasha guhagarika akajagari k’abaturage nyuma y’ubwicanyi bwatewe na politiki mbi, ndetse n’ibikomere by’ihohoterwa rikorerwa rubanda, ariko nanone baranengwa.

Bamwe, nka Timothy Longman - umwarimu akaba n’umuyobozi w’ikigo cya Afurika gishinzwe ubushakashatsi, bavuga ko abayobozi b’abakoloni n’abamisiyonari b’Abakristo bafataga ko abaturage bo mu bihugu byari bimaze kwigarurirwa ari "abanyarugomo kandi badahwitse", nyuma bikaza gukurura amacakubiri ashingiye ku moko muri sosiyete y’Abarundi.

Twibwira ko "abantu bo ku isi bashobora kugabanywa mu byiciro bitandukanye by’amoko no mu byiciro bitandukanye" kugira ngo babahindure ubukristo. Longman avuga ko abamisiyoneri batahimbye amoko, kuko babayeho mbere. Icyakora, bagize uruhare mu moko igihe ibyo bitabagaho mbere, batabishaka bateza amacakubiri mu bitekerezo ndetse n’ubusumbane.

Mu bihe bya nyuma y’ubukoloni, Mushasha mu Ntara ya Gitega yo mu Burundi ni cyo cyicaro cya musenyeri mukuru. Umuryango gakondo w’Abagatolika n’Abaporotesitanti watakaje abayoboke kubera amarangamutima y’ivugabutumwa y’Abaporotesta.

Islamu yageze mu Burundi imyaka igera kuri 200 mbere y’ubukirisitu ibinyujije mu bacuruzi b’Abarabu n’Abaswahili bakora mu karere ka Lake Tanganyika. Icyakora, Islamu yabaye idini rito kandi rifite aho rihurira n’imijyi y’ubucuruzi .

Ubwisanzure bw’amadini mu Burundi

Mu 2022, Freedom House yavuze ko umudendezo w’idini mu Burundi ari 3 kuri 4, [11] avuga ko umubano hagati ya Guverinoma na Kiliziya gatolika ya Roma wifashe nabi mu myaka yashize. Ariko ubu bimeze neza nta kibazo kigihari kuko buri wese yafungutse amaso akamenya igikenewe ku gihugu cyabo ko bidakwiye kongera ko harabasenya umubano wabo buririye ku kantu gato.