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Archive for September 12th, 2007

LARGE MAJORITY OF AUSTRALIANS STILL PROFESS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Posted by Bessie on September 12th, 2007

Christianity remains far and away the main religion in Australia, but Hinduism and Buddhism are growing at a greater rate.
Almost 12.7 million Australians declared they were Christian in the 2006 census, up from 12.6 million in 1996. But as a proportion of the population, those identifying as “Christians” fell from 71 per cent to 64 […]

THE STATUS OF GLOBAL MISSION IN 2007

Posted by Bessie on September 12th, 2007

Every year Prof. David Barrett, editor of the World Christian Encyclopaedia, and Todd Johnson of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, publish their Status of Global Mission. Through incorporating secular as well as church-based sources this is probably one of the most comprehensive databases in the world. The Status of Global Mission shows gradual changes in the global […]