Growth of Christianity
Christianity has seen tremendous growth over its 2000-year history.[2] Christianity has recently seen explosive growth outside the Western World.[3] In 2000, there were twice as many non-Western Christians as Western Christians.[4] In 2005, there were four times as many non-Western Christians as there were Western World Christians.[5] There are now more non-Western missionaries than Western missionaries.[6]
In 2011, the American Spectator declared concerning research published in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research: "The report estimates about 80,000 new Christians every day, 79,000 new Muslims every day, and 300 fewer atheists every day. These atheists are presumably disproportionately represented in the West, while religion is thriving in the Global South, where charismatic Christianity is exploding."[7]
Despite strong persecution in the Middle East, thousands of Muslims are turning to Christ.[8]
Growth of Christianity graph
Historical examples of the exponential growth of Christianity
See: Historical examples of the exponential growth of Christianity
Growth of evangelical Christianity
Growth of pentecostalism
See also: Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism has experienced explosive growth for the past half-century. The membership is young and fast-growing. Combined, the Pentecostals (in separate denominations) and charismatics (inside other denominations) add up to very large numbers. The statistics are highly inexact but the combined total is perhaps one Christian in ten, worldwide.
In 2011, a Pew Forum study of worldwide Christianity found that there were about 279 million classical Pentecostals, making 4 percent of the total world population and 12.8 percent of global Christendom Pentecostal.[10]
The American sociologist and author Peter L. Berger introduced the concept of desecularization in 1999.[11][12] According to Berger, "One can say with some confidence that modern Pentecostalism must be the fastest growing religion in human history."[13] See also: Growth of pentecostalism and Growth of religious fundamentalism and Historical examples of the exponential growth of Christianity
The atheist author and advocate David Madison, PhD wrote in March 2019: "I remain haunted—and terrified—by what I read on a Christian website, not long after the turn of this century: that by 2025, there will be one billion (yes, that’s with a “b”) Pentecostals in the world."[14]
Christianity by continent
See also: Christianity by continent
Below are articles on Christianiy in the six continents with major populations:
- Christianity in Africa
- Christianity in Asia
- Christianity in Australia
- Christianity in Europe
- Christianity in North America
- Christianity in South America
See also
References
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- ↑ http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/BChristianIncrease12.htm
- ↑
- ↑ Is Christianity taking over the planet?
- ↑ https://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077
- ↑ https://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077
- ↑ http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/28/thriving-christianity
- ↑ Thousands of Muslims reportedly turning to Christ in Middle East. Fox News (from The Christian Post). January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ↑ Total Christian population graph
- ↑ Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (December 19, 2011,), Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population, p. 67.
- ↑ Journal of Church and State, Desecularization: A Conceptual Framework by Vyacheslav Karpov, 2010
- ↑ Peter L. Berger, “The Desecularization of the World: A Global Overview,” in The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics, ed. Peter L. Berger (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999)
- ↑ Pentecostalism – Protestant Ethic or Cargo Cult?, Peter Berger, July 29, 2010
- ↑ Atheist author and advocate is absolutely TERRIFIED about the future growth of pentecostal Christianity, Examining Atheism, March 2019