Like a number of other countries, Eritrea has a system of “registration.” The Eritrean system, though, has effectively banned all but the sanctioned religious practices. The government is far from open to registration by evangelical groups, effectively restricting Christian practice. Going even further, those people that carry out their “unregistered” Christianity face active repression, which has recently included the stories I linked to here.

The way Eritrea handles religion is terrific for those that have Orthodox beliefs. Those whose consciences dictate otherwise, though, face very real persecution–not just the results of a difference of opinion with other Christians, but the result of repressive government action.

The government was trying to curb (tom dick and harry) people with money coming from outside creating all sort of religiondenominations in return for money donations. To control this the government asked in 2002 for all denominations to register themselves.
Authorities generally have not hindered the four groups that filled out their registration applications: the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Faith Mission Church, and the Baha’i Faith which are freely worshiping.

I know people will say freedom of worship and all that, but the complications this creates is that people from other denominations trying to convert from the already Orthodox christian pool. If you ask me this looks similar to rivilary between church of england and chatolicism that was going long time ago.