Religious Landscape
The number of practicing Muslims around the world is steadily growing and is expected to reach close to 2.2 billion worldwide over the next 20 years. In the U.S. alone, the Muslim population will more than double to reach an anticipated 6.2 million in the coming years. The number in Canada is expected to triple to 2.7 million by 2030. With the religious landscape of the world rapidly changing, consider how your church can work to reach those of other faith backgrounds for Christ.
Source: Pew Research, January 27, 2011
A Growing Nation
The mission field in the United States alone has grown extensively over the last 50 years. Since 1960 the population in the U.S. has increased by 72%. With researchers predicting this trend of growth to continue over the next several years, consider how your church can expand its outreach to an expanding population?
Source: National Geographic, January 2011
Before the end of 2011, the world's population will reach...
7 billion
Source: United Nations
On Track: Majority Minority
Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 83 percent of U.S. population growth from 2000 to 2008. The continued faster growth of Hispanic, Asian and black populations put the country as a whole on track to reach “majority minority” status by 2042, and for children to reach that milestone by 2023. Whites still account for a majority of U.S. population at 66 percent, down from 76 percent in 1990.
More than three-quarters of racial and ethnic minorities today live in the nation’s 100 largest metro areas.
Source: Brookings Institution
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