Depending on the region, there are several candidates for the fastest
growing faith. JHVH witnesses certainly qualify -- in some areas.
Evangelicalism is undergoing a growth explosion in Latin America, but
it has major competition in South America from (yes) ISLAM.
Actually, Islam generally wins as the fastest growing major religion
worldwide, when the focus is global expansion, rather than a single
continent.
A big surprise was Europe, known in history as the Christian
continent, the land of Christendom, the religious culture hearth of
both Protestantism and Catholic-ism, as well as the Orthodox nation-
states. Europe is now a continent wherre the religion of Muhammad is
growing faster than any other religion.
With the decline of faith in our modern world, the younger generation
are starved for something to believe it, and Islam seems poised to
provide something solid, something old and powerful.
Not only are young people in Europe trying out Islam, but the
birthrate differential dramatically favors the religion of the
Prophet. Once-Christian Europe has simply quit having babies. hey,
it's hard work being parents. Only a "third world" religion willing
to get their hands dirty? Pat Buchanan speculates that the West faces
ultimate demise unless they regain the fire of their traditional
faith.
Maybe the old saying is true -- Nature abhors a vaccuum.
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