Global Christianity

Christianity is the world's largest religion and it has seen tremendous growth over its 2000 year history. In the last fifty years, 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 2011, the American Spectator declared concerning research published in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research:

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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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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
• Atheist Population
• Atheism and health

External links

• Is Islam Really the Second-Fastest Growing Religion?

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