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== Lack of significant global outreach by atheists ==
== Lack of significant global outreach by atheists ==
''See also:'' [[Global atheism]] and [[Global Christianity]] and [[Evangelism|Christian evangelism]] and [[Atheism and apathy]]
[[File:FMSC Distribution Partner in Malawi.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The Christian relief organization Feed My Starving Children has a distribution partner in [[Malawi]], Africa. In recent years, Christianity has seen a rapid growth in Africa.<ref>[http://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/the-african-apostles-how-christianity-exploded-in-20th-century-africa/ The African apostles: How Christianity exploded in 20th-century Africa]</ref>
[[File:FMSC Distribution Partner in Malawi.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The Christian relief organization Feed My Starving Children has a distribution partner in [[Malawi]], Africa. In recent years, Christianity has seen a rapid growth in Africa.<ref>[http://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/the-african-apostles-how-christianity-exploded-in-20th-century-africa/ The African apostles: How Christianity exploded in 20th-century Africa]</ref>
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Western World atheists have not engaged in a significant amount of global outreach.]]
Western World atheists have not engaged in a significant amount of global outreach.]]
The former [[Soviet Union]] had a worldwide expansionist policy as far as spreading atheistic communism.<ref>''America Coming to Terms: The Vietnam Legacy'' By Nguyen Anh Tuan, page 82</ref> The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a spike in religious affiliation, both in [[Russia]] and in Eastern Europe.<ref>[Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020] by Michael W. Chapman, CNS News, July 24, 2013 - 2:18 PM</ref>
The former [[Soviet Union]] had a worldwide expansionist policy as far as spreading atheistic communism.<ref>''America Coming to Terms: The Vietnam Legacy'' By Nguyen Anh Tuan, page 82</ref> The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a spike in religious affiliation, both in [[Russia]] and in Eastern Europe.<ref>[Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020] by Michael W. Chapman, CNS News, July 24, 2013 - 2:18 PM</ref>