Global Christianity

Christianity is the world's largest religion and it has seen tremendous growth over its 2000 year history. Christianity has recently seen explosive growth outside the Western World. In 2000, there were twice as many non-Western Christians as Western Christians. In 2005, there were four times as many non-Western Christians as there were Western World Christians. There are now more non-Western missionaries than Western missionaries.

In 2012, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) reported that every day there are 800 less atheists per day, 1,100 less non-religious (agnostic) people per day and 83,000 more people professing to be Christians per day.

In 2011, the American Spectator declared:

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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."

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See also: Atheism vs. Christianity

Implications of the explosive growth of global Christianity

see also: Internet evangelism and Atheist population

It is thought that given the increase in the availability of public's access to global communications that the more theologically conservative non-Western Christianity could influence Western Christianity to move into more theologically conservative direction. For example, non-Western Anglicans are exerting influence in the worldwide Anglican communion as far as the Anglican Communion's policy concerning homosexuality.

See also

• Internet evangelism
• Evangelical Christians
• Christian evangelism
• Evangelism
• Decline of atheism
• Atheist Population
• Atheism and health

External links

• Is Islam Really the Second-Fastest Growing Religion?
• Faith and Conflict: The Global Rise of Christianity by Pew Research Center
• Christianity taking over planet?
• The stunning growth of Christianity in China
• The African apostles: How Christianity exploded in 20th-century Africa
• 2000 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN INCREASE

Specific forms of Christianity which are growing in the world and in the United States and the UK:

Global Christianity, Charismatic Christianity and Pentecostalism:

• Growth of Pentecostalism
• Pentecostalism and Asia
• Why the growth of Pentecostalism is an under-reported story

United States:

• A New Exodus: Americans are leaving liberal churches
• Religious conservatism growth in the USA and the turning point of 2020

UK:

• Evangelical Christianity is growing in the UK and challenging liberal forms of Anglicanism in the UK

Internet evangelism:

• Internet evangelism
• Global Media Outreach evangelism statistics - internet evangelism statistics for Global Media Outreach
• Christian organizations join forces to train disabled for Internet evangelism

Video:

• Internet evangelism - YouTube video
• Atheism a house divided & in global decline - YouTube video