Growth of Christianity in the world

Most of us in the United States think Christianity is declining; but the opposite is actually true. The main difference in the US and other parts of the world - persecution. That's right - where there is persecution, the church is growing.

It is reported by some that Christians in China are reaching 25,000 people for Jesus every day. Christians in Muslim nations meet secretly; yet their churches are growing exponentially.

In 1900 only 2.5 percent of the world's population were practicing Christians. Seventy years later that number doubled to 5 percent. In 2010 the number had more than doubled and reached 12 percent in only 40 years. (Source: Charisma magazine, May, 2011, page 16)

1 out of 8 people worldwide are active, practicing Christians. (Source: www.joshuaproject.com)

In 50 years Chinese Christians grew from 1 million to more than 80 million. (Source: www.joshuaproject.com)