“Faith Under Fire: Persecution, Urban Sprawl, and $70 Billion in Theft Shake Global Christianity,” New Report Warns
A major international study released today paints a stark portrait of a faith in transition, identifying escalating persecution, rapid urbanisation, and staggering financial losses as three “core challenges” reshaping global Christianity. The Status of Global Christianity 2026 report, produced by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Center for the Study of Global Christianity, reveals that while Christianity continues to grow internationally at 0.95% annually, it is being outpaced by Islam’s 1.57% yearly expansion—a trend that has seen the global Muslim population surpass 2 billion, projected to reach 3.4 billion by 2075. Researchers also sounded the...