Global Growth of Christianity Outpaces Atheists, Charismatic Churches Lead the Way
Even though the number of atheists has increased worldwide, a newly released report shows the world's population of religious people is growing even faster.
Lifeway Research published its findings online titled 7 Encouraging Trends of Global Christianity in 2022 from data collected by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at the Massachusetts-based Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
The statistics gathered by the center titled 2022 Status of Global Christianity Report reveal while the number of all religious people is growing at a 1.27% rate, the growth rate of nonreligionists is less than half that—0.52%, well below the total population growth percentage. In particular, the number of atheists is almost stagnant, only growing 0.18% per year, according to Lifeway.
In addition, the evangelical research firm noted there are fewer atheists around the world today (147 million) than in 1970 (165 million). According to the Gordon-Conwell center's report, the number of atheists is forecast to continue to decline by 2050.
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