1. CHURCH GROWTH PRINCIPLES
Status of Religion in the World

2. Major Religions of the World
1. Christianity: 2 billion
2. Islam: 1.3 billion
3. Hinduism: 900 million
4. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million
5. Buddhism: 360 million
6. Chinese traditional religion: 225 million
7. Primal-indigenous 190: million
8. Sikhism: 23 million
9. Yoruba religion 20 million
10. Juche 19 million
11. Spiritism: 14 million

3. Major Religions of the World
12. Judaism: 14 million
13. Baha’I: 6 million
14. Jainism: 4 million
15. Shinto: 4 million
16. Cao Dai: 3 million
17. Tenrikyo: 2.4 million
18. Neo-Paganism: 1 million
19. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
20. Scientology: 750 thousand
21. Rastafarianism: 700 thousand
22. Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand

5. Major World Religions % of World Population 1900-2000

6. Religious Change – 20th Century
Religion
1900 Pop.
% Pop.
2000 Pop.
% Pop
Christians
558,056,300
34.5%
1,973,000,000
32.5%
Muslims
200,102,200
12.4%
1,279,000,000
21.1%
Nonreligious
2,923,300
.2%
938,000,000
15.5%
Hindus
203,033,300
12.5%
820,000,000
13.5%
Buddhists
127,159,000
7.8%
400,000,000
6.6%
Chinese Tra.
450,000,000
27.8
383,000,000
6.3%
Ethnic Rel.
106,339,600
176,000,000
2.9%
Other
21,364,000
1.3%
95,000,000
1.6%

8. Distribution of Evangelicals – 2000 Mission Frontiers, December 2001, p. 31
Continent
Evangelical Pop.
% Pop.
Africa
116,076,000
27.6%
North America
93,813,000
22.3%
Latin America
55,000,000
13.1%
Europe
17,275,000
4.1%
Asia
135,000,000
32.1%
Pacific
4,765,000
1.1%

10.
53-71
72+

14. Church of Christ: U. S. 1980 1990 1994 1997 2000 Churches 12,762
13,174
13,013
13,080
13,032
Members
1,240,820
1,284,056
1,260,838
1,255,834
1,264,152
Adherents
1,601,661
1,684,872
1,651,103
1,647,078
1,645,645