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IstheglobalpopulationofChristiansreallyincreasing?ByOscarAmaechina,Op-edContributorWednesday,January22,2025iStock/agafapaperiapuntaProjectionsindicatethatthepopulationofChristiansisincreasingsomuchthatitwillballoontoover3billionworldwideby2050.Thisshouldbethoroughlyinvestigatedsincetherealityonthegroundseemstobedifferent.
TheCenterfortheStudyofGlobalChristianityatGordon-ConwellTheologicalSeminaryreportedthatglobalChristianityisexperiencingremarkablegrowth,defyingexpectationsandsurpassingpopulationrates.Accordingtoitsreport:
“ThegrowthofChristianityisparticularlypronouncedintheglobalsouth,withAfricaandAsiaemergingasthefastest-growingregions.Africa,inparticular,hasundergonearemarkabletransformation,evolvingfromhavinglessthan10millionChristiansattheturnofthe20thcenturytonowbeinghometo734millionChristians,growingatarateof2.64%.By2050,Africaisp
