8 Encouraging Trends in Global Christianity for 2024 - Lifeway Research
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8 Encouraging Trends in Global Christianity for 2024 - Lifeway Research
There are more Christians on earth right now than ever before. Paul was right: “This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is changing lives everywhere, just as it changed yours.”9
But most importantly, my reality is that God is real. Jesus is real. Jesus lived, died, and rose again. His promises are absolutely true. They’re real. Therefore when I fall, by His grace I can rise. When I’m doubled over in pain, by His grace I can rise. When I’m crippled with fear and anxiety and depression, by His grace I can rise.
Ever since it was a colony, Brazil has been predominantly a Catholic country. Initially introduced in the nineteenth century by European and North American missionaries, Protestantism grew slowly at first. As recently as 1980 only eight million Brazilians – the equivalent of 6.6 per cent of the population – said they were Protestants. By 2010, when
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