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“Christianity ‘close to extinction’ in Middle East” claims Edward Malnick in a recent “The Telegraph” article. While 200 million Christians or 10 percent of all Christians world wide are “socially disadvantaged, harassed or actively oppressed for th

  Where is the center of Christianity? A hundred years ago the answer was Europe and the Americas. Now the answer is that Christians are everywhere! Where has the growth been? In the Global South. A century ago, the Global North had four times as many believers than the South, no

2012 was a year of severe religious persecution. What is not widely known is that Christians are the group persecuted in more countries than any other religion. See full info graphic here. This reality is hitting the larger media outlets, today’s Wall Street Journal featured thi

With elections, war, and last week Newtown… even the end of the world scheduled for this Friday, December 21, 2012… one can be drawn to despair. Politicians and media work together to create an atmosphere of impending disasters that only they can solve. However, just a lit

Above is the information for Des Moines, Iowa. Click on the map to zoom in on another city to find overall ranking, income growth, employment growth and industrial structure of each city.

Read the full report here: Nine Game-Changers for Global Missions by Eric Swanson Cities: The percentage of people who live in cities grew from 8% in 1900 to over 50% now. China has between 100 and 160 cities with populations of 1 million or more (America, by contrast, has nine). Chur

Quick… what percent of the world is from Asia? If we had a random sample of the people in the world how many would be Christian? Muslim? Buddhist?  Check the charts below or see 100people.org. If the world were 100 people (100people.org) Geography 60 would be from Asia 15 would

From USA Today. Recently a report from the Pew Forum showed an increase in the number of people answering ‘none’ on religious surveys and a decrease in the number of Protestants in the US, now under 50% for the first time. Is the sky falling? Actually evangelical Christianity is growi

Patchwork Nation is a demographic/geographic breakdown of the nation into 12 different kinds of community. Using counties as our building blocks we have identified different kinds of places – everything from rural agricultural Tractor Country to the wealthy suburban Monied Burbs – whi

 The World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity From Christian Alliance for Orphans: ON UNDERSTANDING ORPHAN STATISTICS Current Global Estimates Although reflecting only broad projections, the estimated number of orphans globally currently reported by the US Government and UNICEF incl

Rodney Stark hits another home run with Triumph of Christianity. Stark examines the history and sociology behind the growth of Christianity from a few adherents 2000 years ago to nearly 40% of the world today. Stark lists three most crucial events in church history, two beneficial and

Assemblies of God, Adherents as a Percentage of Total Population, 2010 Massive LifeWay Research Project Identifies Eight Measures of Personal Discipleship The project has identified eight Biblical factors that consistently show up in the life of a maturing believer. Those “attri

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Adherents as Percent of Total Population, 2012 Map    World Magazine Books of the Year see also video introduction Rodney Stark The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion (HarperOne) Ro