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Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [11] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
A broad overview of various Christian groups including a historical context. See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Protestantism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world
Bart D. Ehrman attributes the rapid spread of Christianity to five factors: (1) the promise of salvation and eternal life for everyone was an attractive alternative to Roman religions; (2) stories of miracles and healings purportedly showed that the one Christian God was more powerful than the many Roman gods; (3) Christianity began as a ...
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Changes in worldwide Christianity over the last century have been significant, since 1900, Christianity has spread rapidly in the Global South and Third World countries. [63] The late 20th century has shown the shift of Christian adherence to the Third World and the Southern Hemisphere in general, [ 64 ] by 2010 about 157 countries and ...
World Christianity or global Christianity has been defined both as a term that attempts to convey the global nature of the Christian religion [1] [2] [3] and an academic field of study that encompasses analysis of the histories, practices, and discourses of Christianity as a world religion and its various forms as they are found on the six continents. [4]
The only form of Christianity that showed a significant growth in 2016 Census is the Pentecostal church, increased from 2.1% up from 1.7% in 2016. [75] [73] [76] However, like other forms of Christianity, it also has declined in 2021 Census. [77] Most of the followers of the Pentecostal churches are young as the average age among them is 25 ...
The year one is the first year in the Christian calendar (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world. Traditionally, this was held to be the year Jesus was born ; however, most modern scholars argue for an earlier or later date, the most agreed upon being ...