And while Africa and Asia are seeing a huge swelling of the number of Christians, Europe is suffering from a serious decline. All the while, the total number of Christians as a percentage of the worlds population has remained remarkably constant. Ross also added: The majority of Christians now live in Africa, Asia Latin America or the Pacific and the proportion is rising. With the retreat from Christianity in the West in the 20th century things went just as the visionaries of 1910 hoped they would go. Less than 10% were Christians in 1910 but today 50% are Christians and in absolute terms the number of Christians in Africa has risen from 12 million in 1910 to almost 500 million today. A hundred years ago there were 25 million Christians in Asia. Today, that figure is 358 million. Among some of the top countries showing the most rapid rate of growth in Christianity include, surprisingly, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Burkina Faso, Mongolia, Timor, Nepal and Gambia. Read more at prophecynewswatch/2014/March20/205.html#ozmKmgjzWFrRFCWf.99
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