{"id":14554,"date":"2026-03-25T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14554"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:50:19","slug":"data-world-christianity-in-context-2026-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14554","title":{"rendered":"Data: World Christianity in Context, 2026 and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: International Bulletin of Missionary Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary provides statistics about the world\u2019s 2.6 billion Christians. This year\u2019s IBMR article highlights new future projections to the year 2075 (while previous data went only to 2050). Major findings of the 2075 data include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The continuation of Christianity\u2019s shift to the Global South<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The increased importance of Christian-Muslim relations in light of the latter\u2019s increasing share of the world\u2019s population<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Demographic Republic of the Congo eventually replacing the United States as the country with the most Christians in the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/23969393251385515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The full article<\/a> is available to subscribers or can be purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldchristiandatabase.org\/static\/downloads\/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2026.2b54be19fc0c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The one-page statistical snapshot, though, is free<\/a>&nbsp;and well worth perusing and using if you write or teach about missions and the state of the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: International Bulletin of Missionary Research Each year, the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary provides statistics about the world\u2019s 2.6 billion Christians. This year\u2019s IBMR article highlights new future projections to the year 2075 (while previous data went only to 2050). Major findings of the 2075 data include: The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14554\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Data: World Christianity in Context, 2026 and Beyond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14555,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14554\/revisions\/14555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}