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As of 2004, [[Christianity]] is the world's most widely practiced religion, with around 2 billion adherents (followed by [[Islam]] with 1.3 billion, [[Hinduism ]] with 841 million, and the nonreligious non-religious with 774 million). Christianity has many branches, including 1.1 billion [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]], 367 450 million [[Protestant churches|Protestants]] in a number of traditions, 216 200 million [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]], 84 and 400 million [[Anglican church|Anglicans]], 414 million Independents independent denominations (unaffiliated with the major streams of Christianity). But despite this diversity, Christians are united in Christ. Today, the Christian church faces many issues. There is still a great number of people who have not heard the good news of Jesus. Christians around the world are involved in missionary work to bring men and 31women to Christ as commanded by Jesus in the Great Commission.7 million "marginal" groups ([[Jehovah's Witnesses]]At the same time, Latter Day Saints ([[Mormonism|Mormon]]s), etcbillions of people live in terrible poverty without clean water or the opportunity for good health.)If we are to truly follow in the footsteps of Jesus, then these last being denominations which describe themselves as Christian but are not standardly recognized as such by other denominationsissues that should be close to our heart too. In the West, issues to do with the role of women in the church and marriage and sexuality have come to forefront in recent years, and have the potential to split congregations.
Although Christianity is the largest religion in the world and there are massive missionary efforts under way, as a whole it is declining in terms of the overall population. While the population of the world grows at roughly 1.25% per year, [[The essence of Christianity|Christianity]] is growing at about 1.12% per year. By contrast, [[Islam]] is growing at 1.76% per year. The slow growth can be attributed to most of the Christian population residing in affluent nations where the birth rate is quite low. By contrast, Islamic nations have a higher birth rate and by effect have a larger growth percentage.
Facts, figures, demographics and trends in Christianity'''See also'''* [http://www.refdesk.com/factrel.html WORLD RELIGION RESOURCES]* [http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html#Extracts from the article "Christianity Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents" from wikipedia]]
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''For more, see:''
* [[Denominations|The essence of Christianity: ]]* [[Denominations]]
* [[Christian eschatology]]
* [[John 3:16Directory listing of churches around the world]]* [[Christian Topics]]* [[Christian Calendar]]* [[The essence of ChristianityCurrent issues]] in the Church today* [[Testimonies]]* [[Proclaiming the Gospel|Mission]] * [[Bible]]* [[Current issues]]* [[Church history and denominations]]* [[Christian doctrine and debates]]* [[Cults and other religions]]* [[Christian art, literature and music]]* [[Miscellaneous topics]]
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'''External links''' * [http://www.refdesk.com/factrel.html WORLD RELIGION RESOURCES]* [Extracts from http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html#Christianity Major Religions of the article "Christianity" from wikipedia]World Ranked by Number of Adherents]
