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A Pew Research Center report mentions the Pentecostal faith among one of the fastest-growing segments of global Christianity.
ChristianHeadlines.com published the findings on 30 June, 2020 among ‘7 Exciting Trends in Global Christianity‘ saying, pentecostalism is growing at a rate of 2.26% compared to 2.22% in 2017.
The report finds that at least a quarter of the world’s 2.3 billion Christians are said to be members of these lively, highly personal faiths, which emphasize such spiritually renewing “gifts of the Holy Spirit” as speaking in tongues, divine healing and prophesying.
“Even more than other Christians, pentecostals and other renewalists believe that God, acting through the Holy Spirit, continues to play a direct, active role in everyday life,” according to the Pew Research Center.
Evangelicalism, the news source revealed, is growing at a rate of 2.19% compared to 2.12% in 2017
Other Interesting Findings:
- There are fewer atheists in the world today (138 million) than there were in 1970 (165 million)
- In 1900, only 5.5% of non-Christians knew a Christian. Today, that has grown to 18.3%.
- More than half of the world’s population in 1900 (54.3%) were unevangelized. That percentage continues to shrink, dropping to 28.4% in 2019
- Globally, Christianity is growing at a 1.27% rate. The world’s population, 7.7 billion, is growing at a 1.20% rate.
- As Christianity continues to grow worldwide, the main driver of the growth remains Africa, increasing at a 2.86% rate.
- Today, approximately 95 million Bibles are printed each year. By 2025, that will have climbed to 110 million.
- While persecution remains a significant issue for Christians globally, the number of martyrs has fallen since 1970, according to Gordon Conwell.
