The International Bulletin of Missionary Research Reported that 2,231,421,000 People in the World Are Christian
Gordon-Conwell Seminary: Center for the Study of Global Christianity
- The research ranked trends and facts from "Very Good Situations" to "Very Bad Situations."
- Number fifty on the list states that criminal penalties against clergy in sexual abuse cases now exceed $2 billion.
- Bankruptcies follow at number forty-nine
- Number forty-seven on the list states that trusted church treasurers are embezzling each year $25 billion from church funds.
- Number eight among Very Good Situations states that China is the showing the fastest Christian expansion at 16,500 new converts (including births) every day.
- The Global Mission divides Christians by "bloc." (More accurately, Christians through the centuries have divided themselves.)
- "Roman Catholics" claim 1,130,401,000 and their church is really the "big kid on the block."
- The 422,659,000 "Independents" outnumber 386,644,000 "Protestants" and 252,891,000 "Orthodox" and the rest.
- As for where they are, 423,675,000 are in Africa; 355,008,000 are in Asia; 556,359,000 are in Europe; 530,187,000 are in Latin America; and, tagging along, 220,374,000 are in Northern America.
- The compilers know of 39,000 separate denominations and 3,684,000 congregations around the world.
- Church members around the globe have an income of $18,170 billion.
- The nominal Christian percentage around the globe is thirty three and a third percent.
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Date: 1/17/2008
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