Opinion | The Global Transformation of Christianity Is Here - The New York Times - 0 views
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in 1900, about 80 percent of the world’s Christian population lived in the Western world and about 20 percent in the majority world. By 2000, only 37 percent lived in the Western world, and nearly two-thirds lived in the majority world
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Sub-Saharan Africa had the most striking growth of Christianity, growing from around 9 percent Christian at the beginning of the 20th century to almost 45 percent at the end of it. There are around 685 million Christians in Africa now.
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“Christianity at the beginning of the 21st century,” said George, “is the most global and most diverse and the most dispersed faith.”
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