RE: Will there be a church in the future?
January 16, 2013 at 3:48 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2013 at 4:47 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(January 16, 2013 at 3:31 pm)Undeceived Wrote: 2.5 million people convert to Christianity every year with no prior "indoctrination." In 1900, Christians were roughly 34.5% of the world population (558 million). In 2012, Christians were about 33.4% of the world population (7 billion). The idea that Christianity is shrinking is a myth.
Not everywhere it isn't, no.
However, look at almost all Northern and Western EU states and you'll see a ubiquitous trait of main stream Christian churches falling in attendance levels and capital assets. For example:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/201...igion.html
It's an interesting read to compare it to the ONS data from 2001.