Christian demographics shows maximum growthrate among protestants(6%/year),followed by catholics2%,and anglicans and orthodox1%/year.Islamic growth rate is 3%.totol world population in january 2007 is around 6600 million out of which around 2240million is christian(1200m catholics,750m protestants,220m orthodox,70m anglicans)and islamic population is around 1300millionworldwide.protestant population is exploding in growth rate not due to traditional protestants who account for only 150 million and their growth rate is abyssymally poor with below1%. The rest can be grouped in any labels of evangelical pentecostal or charismatics who make up more than 600 million protestants and grows yearly around 10%!
2007-01-31 22:27:22 · 10 answers · asked by rokin07 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What is wrong with that? All of them learn and practice the teachings of Christ. Wishing that their activities will create more opportunities for people to turn to the worship of the One True God.
2007-02-01 00:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with statistics is that they are cold, meaning that they prove nothing in themselves, but require additional qualifiers in order to be interpreted. Anybody can claim to be any religion that they want to be and often make snap decisions about what they believe in or which group that they belong to just to get ride of the pollster. The real question is: Are the number of true Christians on the rise? Denominational designations mean nothing to God---it is what is in the heart that counts. In the US and UK most people will claim to be Christian without even knowing what a Christian is just to avoid controversy and embarrassment. Most people who claim to be Christian do not know what the Gospel message of Jesus Christ is or who Jesus Christ is, do not know John 3:16 and cannot recite Psalm 23. Some years ago a reliable survey was done among Protestant pastors concerning Psalm 23, and it was found that only 10% could recite it from memory. God does not look at what a person has sown on their shirtsleeve, but what is in their heart. They will be many unpleasant surprises on Judgment Day---there will be a lot of people going to hell that thought that they were going to heaven.
2007-02-01 06:57:07 · answer #2 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The world has no way to distinguish true Christians from "Christendom". All of these religions and stats really mean nothing as far as the only important issue, who will have eternal life. Jesus taught that the true church would diminish drastically in the final days of the earth and that the "deceived" church would flourish. True Christians today are fairly rare.
2007-02-01 07:02:33 · answer #3 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace!
I don't think it is a question of numbers. It is being in the right Church which really matters.
God bless
2007-02-01 07:59:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares?
2007-02-01 06:36:07 · answer #5 · answered by H. Scot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ufo gonna come down from neptune n scare all you woobie woo woos
2007-02-01 06:31:11 · answer #6 · answered by gay pharoah tha don 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
But protestant is divided to thousands of churches unlike catholic.
2007-02-01 06:35:35 · answer #7 · answered by Kimo 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
O k
2007-02-01 06:33:06 · answer #8 · answered by => the guy <== 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are all the same sects!
2007-02-01 06:45:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know...sorry
2007-02-01 06:43:17 · answer #10 · answered by Peace C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋