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== African missionaries ==
== African missionaries ==
''See also:'' [[Christianity in Africa]]
''See also:'' [[Christianity in Africa]] and [[Religion and Africa]]
Missionaries have been active in Africa for centuries, and there are currently many missionaries serving in Africa today. Missionaries come from a number of denominations, including Catholic, Protestant, and Anglican.
Missionaries have been active in Africa for centuries, and there are currently many missionaries serving in Africa today. Missionaries come from a number of denominations, including Catholic, Protestant, and Anglican.
As of 2023, there are an estimated 718 million Christians from all denominations in Africa.<ref name="Gordon-Conwell">{{cite web |title=Status of Global Christianity, 2023, in the Context of 1900–2050 |url=https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2023.pdf |publisher=Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> up from about 10 million in 1900. <ref>https://academic.oup.com/book/32113/chapter-abstract/268045986?redirectedFrom=fulltext</ref>. [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]]'s [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] projects 750+ Million Christians for Africa by 2025.<ref name="Gordon-Conwell"></ref>
As of 2023, there are an estimated 718 million Christians from all denominations in Africa.<ref name="Gordon-Conwell">{{cite web |title=Status of Global Christianity, 2023, in the Context of 1900–2050 |url=https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2023.pdf |publisher=Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> up from about 10 million in 1900. <ref>https://academic.oup.com/book/32113/chapter-abstract/268045986?redirectedFrom=fulltext</ref>. [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]]'s [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] projects 750+ Million Christians for Africa by 2025.<ref name="Gordon-Conwell"></ref>
In 2011, ''USA Today'' published an article entitled ''Study: Christianity grows exponentially in Africa'' which declared:
{{Cquote|Meanwhile, the faith has grown exponentially in sub-Saharan Africa, from just 9% of the population in 1910 to 63% today. Nigeria, home to more than 80 million Christians, has more Protestants than Germany, where the Protestant Reformation began.
"As a result of historic missionary activity and indigenous Christian movements by Africans, there has been this change from about one in 10 (sub-Saharan Africans) identifying with Christianity in 1910 to about six in 10 doing so today," Hackett said.<ref>[https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-12-20/christianity-growth-africa-europe/52125920/1 'Study: Christianity grows exponentially in Africa''], USA Today, 2011</ref>}}
Between 2000 and 2020, the continent of Africa had more than 37,000 new Christians every day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/voices/christianity-is-growing-faster-than-any-time-in-history-why-is-the-church-in-europe-america-declining.html|title=Christianity is growing faster than any time in history. Why is the Church in Europe, America declining?|date=March 15, 2020|accessdate=March 16, 2020|author= Glenn Sunshine and Jerry Trousdale with Greg Benoi|publisher=[[The Christian Post]]}}</ref>
For more information, please see: [https://www.christianmessenger.in/study-traces-exponential-growth-of-christianity-in-africa/ Study traces exponential growth of Christianity in Africa]
== Protestant missionaries and their effect on history ==
== Protestant missionaries and their effect on history ==