Source: Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, Institute for Study of Religion, Baylor University
Since the 1960s, there has been a substantial increase in the number of known conversions from Islam to Christianity. Most of these conversions have been to forms of evangelical or Pentecostal Christianity, but there have also been conversions to Catholic and Orthodox Christianity. Still other converts claim to remain in some way both Muslims and followers of Jesus.
“Global Consensus of Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background,” a 19-page article by Patrick Johnstone and Duane A. Miller, explains how they obtained estimates of the number of converts, the complexities involved in this task, and an annotated list of countries by continent with the estimated number of believers in Christ from a Muslim background. The article includes charts with maximal, minimal, and medium estimates of this population from 1960 to the present.
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» We rejoice at what God has done and is doing among Muslims. But as the Lausanne Movement asks, Why has Christianity not been successful among Buddhist peoples? Thoughts?