Christianity 2011: martyrs and the resurgence of religion.This two-page report is the twenty-seventh in an annual series in the IBMR. The series began shortly after the publication of the first edition of the World Christian Christian flees the City of Destruction. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress] See : Escape Christian travels to Celestial City with cumbrous burden on back. [Br. Lit. Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books (Oxford University Press, 1982). Its purpose was to lay out, in summary form on a single page, an annual update of the most significant global and regional statistics presented in the WCE WCE West Coast Eagles (Australia) WCE Winnipeg Commodity Exchange WCE World Congress on Engineering WCE Windows Consumer Electronics WCe WorldCATenterprise WCE Workers Comp Executive (California journal) . The WCE itself was expanded into a second edition in 2001 and accompanied by an analytic an·a·lyt·ic or an·a·lyt·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics. 2. Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner. 3. Psychoanalytic. volume, World Christian Trends (William Carey This article is about the Protestant missionary. For the courtier to King Henry VIII of England, see Sir William Carey. William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the " Library, 2001). In 2003 an online database, World Christian Database (later published by Brill Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys Brill (mä`tīs), 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. ), was launched, updating most of the statistics in the WCE and WCT WCT World Championship Tour (surfing competition) WCT WIPO Copyright Treaty WCT Wind Chill Temperature WCT Wide Complex Tachycardia WCT Wavefront Conduction Time WCT Wright's Computer Technology (England) . At the end of 2009 these data were featured in the Atlas Atlas, in Greek mythology Atlas (ăt`ləs), in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus. of Global Christianity Christianity, religion founded in Palestine by the followers of Jesus. One of the world's major religions, it predominates in Europe and the Americas, where it has been a powerful historical force and cultural influence, but it also claims adherents in virtually (Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press is a university publisher that is part of the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland. External links
Updating Martyrs
One of the most widely quoted statistics in our annual table is the average number of Christian martyrs A Christian martyr is one who, without seeking his own death or any harm to others, is murdered or put to death for his religious faith or convictions. Many Christian martyrs suffered cruel and torturous deaths like stoning, crucifixion, and burning at the stake. per year (line 28). The documentation for both the methodology and the data behind this figure is found in part 4, "Martyrology mar·tyr·ol·o·gy n. pl. mar·tyr·ol·o·gies 1. An official list or catalog of religious martyrs, especially of Christian martyrs. 2. a. An account of the life and manner of death of a martyr. b. ," in World Christian Trends. A PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. of this chapter is available at www.globalchristianity.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. . While most of us probably think of martyrdom as an individual phenomenon (such as the 2008 killing of Iraqi Chaldean Chal·de·an also Chal·dae·an or Chal·dee adj. Of or relating to Chaldea or its people, language, or culture. n. 1. A member of an ancient Semitic people who ruled in Babylonia. 2. See Aramaic. bishop Paulos Faraj Rahho), our basic method for counting martyrs in Christian history is to list "martyrdom situations" at particular points in time. A martyrdom situation is defined as "mass or multiple martyrdoms at one point in Christian history." It is then determined how many of the people killed in that situation fit the definition of martyr--"believers in Christ Christ: see Jesus. Christ forgives man for his sins. [Christianity: Misc.] See : Forgiveness Christ See also Passion of Christ. Agnus Dei lamb of god. who have lost their lives, prematurely, in situations of witness, as a result of human hostility." (This definition is explained in more detail in World Christian Trends.) Note that in any situation of mass deaths or killing of Christians, one does not automatically or necessarily define the entire total who have been killed as martyrs, but only that fraction whose deaths resulted from some form of Christian witness, individual or collective. For example, our analysis does not equate e·quate v. e·quat·ed, e·quat·ing, e·quates v.tr. 1. To make equal or equivalent. 2. To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize. 3. "Crusaders" with "martyrs" but simply states that during the Crusades Crusades (kr  `sādz), series of wars undertaken by European Christians between the 11th and 14th cent. to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. a number of zealous and overzealous o·ver·zeal·ous adj. Excessively enthusiastic: overzealous movie fans; an overzealous manager. o Christians were in fact martyred. Likewise we do not count as martyrs all Christians who became victims of political killings in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. in the 1980s, but only those whose situations involved Christian witness. Typical illustrations of the latter include the many cases of an entire congregation CONGREGATION. A society of a number of persons who compose an ecclesiastical body. In the ecclesiastical law this term is used to designate certain bureaux at Rome, where ecclesiastical matters are attended to. singing hymns inside their church building as soldiers outside locked all the doors and proceeded to burn it to the ground, leaving no survivors Survivors was a British television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerned the plight of a group of people who had survived an accidentally released plague that had killed nearly the entire population of the . At the end of the twentieth century, two martyrdom situations stood above all the rest both in intensity and in sheer size: the massacre Massacre See also Genocide. Acre after conquering city, Richard I executed 2700 Muslims (1191). [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 83–84] Armenian Massacre Turks decimated Armenian population, dispersed survivors (1896). [Eur. Hist. of Christians in southern Sudan Sudan (s dăn`), officially Republic of Sudan, republic (2005 est. pop. 40,187,000), 967,494 sq mi (2,505,813 sq km), NE Africa. and the genocide genocide, in international law, the intentional and systematic destruction, wholly or in part, by a government of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. in Rwanda Rwanda (r än`dä), officially Republic of Rwanda, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,441,000), 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km), E central Africa. . While the
Rwandan genocide The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu sympathizers in Rwanda and was the largest atrocity during the Rwandan Civil War. was short-lived, the persecution of Christians The persecution of Christians is religious persecution that Christians sometimes undergo as a consequence of professing their faith, both historically and in the current era. Christians are by far the most persecuted religious group in human history. during
the civil war in Sudan was spread over two decades. Additional ongoing
killings of Christians took place in Indonesia Indonesia (ĭn'dənē`zhə), officially Republic of Indonesia, republic (2005 est. pop. 241,974,000), c.735,000 sq mi (1,903,650 sq km), SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago. , India, China, Nigeria,
and Mexico, to name a few better known situations.
The average number of Christian martyrs is calculated by summing the estimates of martyrs in martyrdom situations over the past ten years and dividing this number by ten. Therefore our estimate of 160,000 martyrs in the year 2000 was based on our formula of adding all the martyrs in martyrdom situations in the past ten years (1990-2000) and dividing this number by ten. Given the major situations in Rwanda and Sudan (as well as dozens of other smaller situations around the world), we estimated that there were approximately 1.6 million martyrs in the final decade of the twentieth century. But what about the current ten-year period (2000-2010)? The Rwandan genocide was over by the mid-1990s, and the persecution of Christians in Sudan subsided after the peace agreement in early 2005. Based on this, one might expect our current estimates for martyrs to be substantially lower. New martyrdom situations, however, have arisen. The largest currently is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DRC Down (Stage) Right Center DRC Director(ate) of Reserve Components DRC Disability Rights Commission (United Kingdom) ), where atrocious acts of violence began in the late 1990s and continue to the present. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Rescue Committee, from 1998 to 2007 there were approximately 5.4 million excess deaths in the DRC. While some deaths are directly related to violence, most victims died from indirect causes, such as disease or starvation starvation, condition in which deprivation of food has forced the body to feed on itself. Causes are famine, fasting, malnutrition, or abnormalities of the mucosal lining of the digestive system. . These deaths occurred mainly in five insecure in·se·cure adj. 1. Lacking emotional stability; not well-adjusted. 2. Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety. in eastern provinces, and the vast majority of those killed in the DRC were Christians. Although not all their circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or would be considered "situations of witness," we estimate that a substantial proportion of those who died meet our definition of martyr martyr Person who voluntarily suffers death rather than deny his or her religion. Readiness for martyrdom was a collective ideal in ancient Judaism, notably in the era of the Maccabees, and its importance has continued into modern times. . While we are still collecting evidence of other martyrdom situations in the 2000-2010 period, we are confident that the number of martyrs over the ten years was approximately one million. Dividing this by ten, we arrive at our current figure of 100,000 per year. Resurgence re·sur·gence n. 1. A continuing after interruption; a renewal. 2. A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor; a revival. of Religion Continues This year's report continues to document the resurgence of religion. At first glance, however, religion seems to be on the wane. A comparison of 1900 (99.8 percent religious) and 2011 (88.6 percent religious) shows that the world is less religious today than it was 100 years ago. (Add lines 13 and 17 and then divide by line I for the percentage of the world that is not religious in a particular year. Subtracting this figure from 100 percent then gives the percentage that is religious.) If we consider the figure for 1970 (80.8 percent religious), however, we can see that the world is more religious today than it was four decades ago. Furthermore, our projections for 2025 point to a more religious world in the future (up to 90.5 percent). What is behind these trends? The main factor is the collapse of Communism communism, fundamentally, a system of social organization in which property (especially real property and the means of production) is held in common. Thus, the ejido system of the indigenous people of Mexico and the property-and-work system of the Inca were both . While secularization has been slowly at work around the world, especially in Europe, the largest number of agnostics and atheists emerged under Communism in the Soviet Union and China. The high point of nonreligious adherence adherence /ad·her·ence/ (ad-her´ens) the act or condition of sticking to something. immune adherence was thus around 1970. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, large numbers of the nonreligious returned to religion. One of the most profound examples is Albania, formerly a bastion of atheism atheism (ā`thē-ĭz'əm), denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot be proved. , which today is almost entirely Muslim or Christian. Our projections for the future show a sustained decline of the nonreligious. This is due primarily to the resurgence of Buddhism, Christianity, and other religions in China. If this trend continues, agnostics and atheists will be a smaller portion of the world's population in 2025 than they are today. This report, prepared by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary seminary Educational institution, usually for training in theology. In the U.S. the term was formerly also used to refer to institutions of higher learning for women, often teachers' colleges. , South Hamilton, Massachusetts South Hamilton is a district within Hamilton, Massachusetts. It is home to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, an interdenominational, evangelical seminary; the Pingree School; Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School; and the Miles River Middle School. , was compiled by Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997. British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures. M. Johnson, David B. Barrett, and Peter F. Crossing. Samples from the Atlas of Global Christianity, as well as footnotes for the "Status of Global Mission" table, can be found at www.globalchristianity.org.
Status of Global Mission, 2011, in Context of 20th and 21st Centuries
1900 1970
GLOBAL POPULATION
1. Total population 1,619,625,000 3,685,782,000
2. Urban dwellers (urbanites) 232,695,000 1,341,321,000
3. Rural dwellers 1,386,930,000 2,344,461,000
4. Adult population (over 15s) 1,073,646,000 2,307,311,000
5. Literates 296,153,000 1,473,130,000
6. Nonliterates 777,493,000 834,181,000
WORLDWIDE EXPANSION OF CITIES
7. Megacities (over 1 million 20 161
population)
8. Urban poor 100 million 650 million
9. Urban slum dwellers 20 million 260 million
GLOBAL POPULATION BY RELIGION
10. Christians (total all kinds) 558,131,000 1,231,110,000
(=World C)
11. Muslims 199,728,000 581,433,000
12. Hindus 202,973,000 462,270,000
13. Nonreligious 3,029,000 542,646,000
14. Buddhists 126,956,000 234,274,000
15. Chinese folk-religionists 380,174,000 215,579,000
16. Ethnoreligionists 117,527,000 167,066,000
17. Atheists 226,000 165,506,000
18. New-Religionists 5,986,000 39,382,000
(Neoreligionists)
19. Sikhs 2,962,000 10,678,000
20. Jews 12,292,000 15,100,000
21. Non-Christians (=Worlds A and B) 1,061,494,000 2,454,672,000
GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY
22. Total Christians as % of world 34.5 33.4
(=World C)
23. Affiliated Christians (church 521,683,000 1,121,467,000
members)
24. Church attenders 469,303,000 885,777,000
25. Evangelicals 71,729,000 97,939,000
26. Great Commission Christians 77,924,000 276,986,000
27. Pentecostals/Charismatics/ 981,000 67,021,000
Neocharismatics
28. Christian martyrs per year (10- 34,400 377,000
year average)
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 ECCLESIASTICAL
MEGABLOCS
29. Roman Catholics 266,565,000 665,041,000
30. Protestants 103,028,000 210,871,000
31. Independents 7,931,000 85,765,000
32. Orthodox 115,855,000 144,492,000
33. Anglicans 30,578,000 47,410,000
34. Marginal Christians 928,000 11,086,000
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 CONTINENTS, 21 UN
REGIONS
35. Africa (5 regions) 8,736,000 115,966,000
36. Asia (4 regions) 20,774,000 92,463,000
37. Europe (including Russia; 4 368,254,000 467,291,000
regions)
38. Latin America (3 regions) 60,027,000 262,786,000
39. Northern America (1 region) 59,570,000 168,372,000
40. Oceania (4 regions) 4,323,000 14,588,000
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS
41. Denominations 1,600 18,800
42. Congregations (worship centers) 400,000 1,433,000
43. Service agencies 1,500 14,100
44. Foreign-mission sending agencies 600 2,200
CONCILIARISM: ONGOING COUNCILS OF
CHURCHES
45. Confessional councils (CWCs, at 40 150
world level)
46. National councils of churches 19 283
CHRISTIAN WORKERS (clergy, laypersons)
47. Nationals (citizens; all 2,100,000 4,600,000
denominations)
48. Men 1,900,000 3,100,000
49. Women 200,000 1,500,000
50. Aliens (foreign missionaries) 62,000 240,000
CHRISTIAN FINANCE (in US$, per year)
51. Personal income of church 270 billion 4,100 billion
members
52. Giving to Christian causes 8 billion 70 billion
53. Churches' income 7 billion 50 billion
54. Parachurch and institutional 1 billion 20 billion
income
55. Cost-effectiveness (cost per 17,500 128,000
baptism)
56. Ecclesiastical crime 300,000 5,000,000
57. Income of global foreign 200,000,000 3.0 billion
missions
58. Computers in Christian use 0 1,000
(numbers)
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE (titles, not
copies)
59. Books about Christianity 300,000 1,800,000
60. Christian periodicals 3,500 23,000
SCRIPTURE DISTRIBUTION (all sources,
per year)
61. Bibles 5,452,600 25,000,000
62. Scriptures, including gospels, 20 million 281 million
selections
63. Bible density (copies in place) 108 million 443 million
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING
64. Total monthly listeners /viewers 0 750,000,000
CHRISTIAN URBAN MISSION
65. Non-Christian megacities 5 65
66. New non-Christian urban dwellers 5,200 51,100
per day
67. Urban Christians 159,600,000 660,800,000
GLOBAL EVANGELISM (per year)
68. Evangelism-hours 5 billion 25 billion
69. Hearer-hours (offers) 10 billion 99 billion
70. Disciple-opportunities (offers) 6 27
per capita
WORLD EVANGELIZATION
71. Unevangelized population 879,942,000 1,641,168,000
(=World A)
72. Unevangelized as % of world 54.3 44.5
73. World evangelization plans since 250 510
AD 30
mid-2000 Trend
% p.a.
GLOBAL POPULATION
1. Total population 6,115,367,000 1.22
2. Urban dwellers (urbanites) 2,851,306,000 2.04
3. Rural dwellers 3,264,061,000 0.45
4. Adult population (over 15s) 4,260,798,000 1.67
5. Literates 3,266,062,000 2.25
6. Nonliterates 994,736,000 -0.51
WORLDWIDE EXPANSION OF CITIES
7. Megacities (over 1 million 402 2.13
population)
8. Urban poor 1,400 million 3.11
9. Urban slum dwellers 700 million 3.39
GLOBAL POPULATION BY RELIGION
10. Christians (total all kinds) 1,997,613,000 1.32
(=World C)
11. Muslims 1,294,172,000 1.82
12. Hindus 814,769,000 1.42
13. Nonreligious 660,590,000 -0.04
14. Buddhists 416,316,000 1.08
15. Chinese folk-religionists 422,012,000 0.74
16. Ethnoreligionists 235,832,000 1.22
17. Atheists 138,925,000 -0.09
18. New-Religionists 61,467,000 0.35
(Neoreligionists)
19. Sikhs 20,345,000 1.55
20. Jews 13,893,000 0.62
21. Non-Christians (=Worlds A and B) 4,117,754,000 1.17
GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY
22. Total Christians as % of world 32.7 0.09
(=World C)
23. Affiliated Christians (church 1,890,843,000 1.33
members)
24. Church attenders 1,359,420,000 1.04
25. Evangelicals 214,877,000 2.04
26. Great Commission Christians 609,971,000 1.22
27. Pentecostals/Charismatics/ 482,256,000 2.20
Neocharismatics
28. Christian martyrs per year (10- 160,000 -4.18
year average)
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 ECCLESIASTICAL
MEGABLOCS
29. Roman Catholics 1,043,269,000 0.98
30. Protestants 355,204,000 1.68
31. Independents 293,589,000 2.33
32. Orthodox 253,290,000 0.63
33. Anglicans 74,847,000 1.43
34. Marginal Christians 28,824,000 1.92
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 CONTINENTS, 21 UN
REGIONS
35. Africa (5 regions) 357,469,000 2.61
36. Asia (4 regions) 275,150,000 2.32
37. Europe (including Russia; 4 547,933,000 0.18
regions)
38. Latin America (3 regions) 476,934,000 1.18
39. Northern America (1 region) 212,241,000 0.77
40. Oceania (4 regions) 21,116,000 1.16
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS
41. Denominations 34,100 1.91
42. Congregations (worship centers) 3,500,000 3.61
43. Service agencies 23,000 1.80
44. Foreign-mission sending agencies 4,000 1.67
CONCILIARISM: ONGOING COUNCILS OF
CHURCHES
45. Confessional councils (CWCs, at 310 1.37
world level)
46. National councils of churches 598 1.50
CHRISTIAN WORKERS (clergy, laypersons)
47. Nationals (citizens; all 10,900,000 0.97
denominations)
48. Men 6,540,000 0.94
49. Women 4,360,000 1.02
50. Aliens (foreign missionaries) 420,000 -0.24
CHRISTIAN FINANCE (in US$, per year)
51. Personal income of church 17,000 billion 5.48
members
52. Giving to Christian causes 300 billion 5.57
53. Churches' income 120 billion 5.54
54. Parachurch and institutional 180 billion 5.59
income
55. Cost-effectiveness (cost per 330,000 7.02
baptism)
56. Ecclesiastical crime 18 billion 5.97
57. Income of global foreign 17 billion 5.64
missions
58. Computers in Christian use 328 million 5.64
(numbers)
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE (titles, not
copies)
59. Books about Christianity 4,800,000 3.66
60. Christian periodicals 35,000 4.37
SCRIPTURE DISTRIBUTION (all sources,
per year)
61. Bibles 53,700,000 2.63
62. Scriptures, including gospels, 4,600 million 1.07
selections
63. Bible density (copies in place) 1,400 million 2.00
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING
64. Total monthly listeners /viewers 1,830,000,000 1.17
CHRISTIAN URBAN MISSION
65. Non-Christian megacities 226 1.63
66. New non-Christian urban dwellers 117,000 0.31
per day
67. Urban Christians 1,234,270,000 1.64
GLOBAL EVANGELISM (per year)
68. Evangelism-hours 165 billion -0.14
69. Hearer-hours (offers) 938 billion 1.93
70. Disciple-opportunities (offers) 153 0.70
per capita
WORLD EVANGELIZATION
71. Unevangelized population 1,829,951,000 1.05
(=World A)
72. Unevangelized as % of world 29.9 -0.17
73. World evangelization plans since 1,500 2.65
AD 30
24-hour mid-2011
change
GLOBAL POPULATION
1. Total population 234,000 6,988,019,000
2. Urban dwellers (urbanites) 199,000 3,560,062,000
3. Rural dwellers 35,000 3,427,957,000
4. Adult population (over 15s) 234,000 5,111,017,000
5. Literates 257,000 4,170,556,000
6. Nonliterates -23,000 940,461,000
WORLDWIDE EXPANSION OF CITIES
7. Megacities (over 1 million 0.03 507
population)
8. Urban poor 167,000 1,960 million
9. Urban slum dwellers 94,000 1,010 million
GLOBAL POPULATION BY RELIGION
10. Christians (total all kinds) 83,000 2,306,609,000
(=World C)
11. Muslims 79,000 1,578,470,000
12. Hindus 37,000 951,587,000
13. Nonreligious -700 657,864,000
14. Buddhists 13,800 468,403,000
15. Chinese folk-religionists 9,300 457,883,000
16. Ethnoreligionists 9,000 269,485,000
17. Atheists -300 137,555,000
18. New-Religionists 1,000 63,888,000
(Neoreligionists)
19. Sikhs 1,000 24,085,000
20. Jews 250 14,876,000
21. Non-Christians (=Worlds A and B) 151,000 4,681,410,000
GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY
22. Total Christians as % of world 0.0 33.0
(=World C)
23. Affiliated Christians (church 80,000 2,187,138,000
members)
24. Church attenders 43,000 1,523,229,000
25. Evangelicals 15,000 268,232,000
26. Great Commission Christians 23,000 697,168,000
27. Pentecostals/Charismatics/ 37,000 612,472,000
Neocharismatics
28. Christian martyrs per year (10- 270 100,000
year average)
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 ECCLESIASTICAL
MEGABLOCS
29. Roman Catholics 31,000 1,160,880,000
30. Protestants 20,000 426,450,000
31. Independents 24,000 378,281,000
32. Orthodox 5,000 271,316,000
33. Anglicans 3,000 87,520,000
34. Marginal Christians 2,000 35,539,000
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 CONTINENTS, 21 UN
REGIONS
35. Africa (5 regions) 34,000 474,836,000
36. Asia (4 regions) 23,000 354,254,000
37. Europe (including Russia; 4 3,000 558,824,000
regions)
38. Latin America (3 regions) 18,000 542,670,000
39. Northern America (1 region) 5,000 231,032,000
40. Oceania (4 regions) 1,000 23,975,000
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS
41. Denominations 2.2 42,000
42. Congregations (worship centers) 510 5,171,000
43. Service agencies 1.4 28,000
44. Foreign-mission sending agencies 0.2 4,800
CONCILIARISM: ONGOING COUNCILS OF
CHURCHES
45. Confessional councils (CWCs, at 0.01 360
world level)
46. National councils of churches 0.03 700
CHRISTIAN WORKERS (clergy, laypersons)
47. Nationals (citizens; all 323 12,124,000
denominations)
48. Men 187 7,251,000
49. Women 136 4,873,000
50. Aliens (foreign missionaries) -3 409,000
CHRISTIAN FINANCE (in US$, per year)
51. Personal income of church 84 billion 30,580 billion
members
52. Giving to Christian causes 1.5 billion 545 billion
53. Churches' income 590 million 217 billion
54. Parachurch and institutional 900 million 328 billion
income
55. Cost-effectiveness (cost per 134 696,000
baptism)
56. Ecclesiastical crime 90 million 34 billion
57. Income of global foreign 80 million 31 billion
missions
58. Computers in Christian use 93,000 600 million
(numbers)
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE (titles, not
copies)
59. Books about Christianity 700 7,131,000
60. Christian periodicals 6.7 56,000
SCRIPTURE DISTRIBUTION (all sources,
per year)
61. Bibles 195,000 71,425,000
62. Scriptures, including gospels, 14 million 4,930 million
selections
63. Bible density (copies in place) 95,000 1,740 million
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING
64. Total monthly listeners /viewers 67,000 2,080,000,000
CHRISTIAN URBAN MISSION
65. Non-Christian megacities 0.01 270
66. New non-Christian urban dwellers 1.00 121,000
per day
67. Urban Christians 66,200 1,475,758,000
GLOBAL EVANGELISM (per year)
68. Evangelism-hours 440 million 162 billion
69. Hearer-hours (offers) 3.2 billion 1,158 billion
70. Disciple-opportunities (offers) 0.5 166
per capita
WORLD EVANGELIZATION
71. Unevangelized population 59,000 2,053,206,000
(=World A)
72. Unevangelized as % of world 0.0 29.4
73. World evangelization plans since 0.1 2,000
AD 30
2025
GLOBAL POPULATION
1. Total population 8,011,538,000
2. Urban dwellers (urbanites) 4,545,761,000
3. Rural dwellers 3,465,777,000
4. Adult population (over 15s) 6,094,378,000
5. Literates 5,137,088,000
6. Nonliterates 957,290,000
WORLDWIDE EXPANSION OF CITIES
7. Megacities (over 1 million 650
population)
8. Urban poor 3,000 million
9. Urban slum dwellers 1,600 million
GLOBAL POPULATION BY RELIGION
10. Christians (total all kinds) 2,703,179,000
(=World C)
11. Muslims 1,973,345,000
12. Hindus 1,082,411,000
13. Nonreligious 630,007,000
14. Buddhists 545,647,000
15. Chinese folk-religionists 509,458,000
16. Ethnoreligionists 266,168,000
17. Atheists 133,631,000
18. New-Religionists 66,808,000
(Neoreligionists)
19. Sikhs 29,519,000
20. Jews 15,629,000
21. Non-Christians (=Worlds A and B) 5,308,359,000
GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY
22. Total Christians as % of world 33.7
(=World C)
23. Affiliated Christians (church 2,578,148,000
members)
24. Church attenders 1,760,568,000
25. Evangelicals 348,019,000
26. Great Commission Christians 833,869,000
27. Pentecostals/Charismatics/ 796,490,000
Neocharismatics
28. Christian martyrs per year (10- 150,000
year average)
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 ECCLESIASTICAL
MEGABLOCS
29. Roman Catholics 1,313,829,000
30. Protestants 531,474,000
31. Independents 502,810,000
32. Orthodox 287,052,000
33. Anglicans 110,925,000
34. Marginal Christians 50,813,000
MEMBERSHIP BY 6 CONTINENTS, 21 UN
REGIONS
35. Africa (5 regions) 669,609,000
36. Asia (4 regions) 477,672,000
37. Europe (including Russia; 4 550,907,000
regions)
38. Latin America (3 regions) 603,709,000
39. Northern America (1 region) 249,043,000
40. Oceania (4 regions) 27,208,000
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS
41. Denominations 55,000
42. Congregations (worship centers) 7,500,000
43. Service agencies 36,000
44. Foreign-mission sending agencies 6,000
CONCILIARISM: ONGOING COUNCILS OF
CHURCHES
45. Confessional councils (CWCs, at 600
world level)
46. National councils of churches 870
CHRISTIAN WORKERS (clergy, laypersons)
47. Nationals (citizens; all 14,000,000
denominations)
48. Men 8,000,000
49. Women 6,000,000
50. Aliens (foreign missionaries) 550,000
CHRISTIAN FINANCE (in US$, per year)
51. Personal income of church 50,000 billion
members
52. Giving to Christian causes 890 billion
53. Churches' income 360 billion
54. Parachurch and institutional 530 billion
income
55. Cost-effectiveness (cost per 1,560,000
baptism)
56. Ecclesiastical crime 60 billion
57. Income of global foreign 50 billion
missions
58. Computers in Christian use 1,300 million
(numbers)
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE (titles, not
copies)
59. Books about Christianity 11,800,000
60. Christian periodicals 100,000
SCRIPTURE DISTRIBUTION (all sources,
per year)
61. Bibles 110,000,000
62. Scriptures, including gospels, 6,000 million
selections
63. Bible density (copies in place) 2,280 million
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING
64. Total monthly listeners /viewers 2,400,000,000
CHRISTIAN URBAN MISSION
65. Non-Christian megacities 300
66. New non-Christian urban dwellers 127,000
per day
67. Urban Christians 1,804,692,000
GLOBAL EVANGELISM (per year)
68. Evangelism-hours 300 billion
69. Hearer-hours (offers) 3,000 billion
70. Disciple-opportunities (offers) 374
per capita
WORLD EVANGELIZATION
71. Unevangelized population 2,304,664,000
(=World A)
72. Unevangelized as % of world 28.8
73. World evangelization plans since 3,000
AD 30
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