According to International Bulletin of Missionary Research Vol. 32, of the 6,691,484,000 people in the world in ’08, 2,231,421,000 are Christian; 1,412,301,000 are Muslim; 887,991,000 are Hindu; Buddhists number 391,122,000; and Jews 15,044,000. Every 24 hours the world has a population net growth of 219,000 people. Christians number 170,000 converts per day but find 91,000 defectors, so the net growth is 79,000 Christians each day. Christian martyrs: 480 per day. Of the 2,113,199,000 “affiliated” Christians, 1,476,690,000 are “church attenders”; Roman Catholics claim 1,130,401,000 adherents; 422,659,000 are Independents, 386,644,000 Protestants and 252,891,000 Orthodox. 423,675,000 are in Africa; 355,008,000 Asia; 556,359,000 Europe; 530,187,000 Latin America; and just 220,374,000 in North America. The compilers know of 39,000 separate denominations and 3,684,000 congregations around the world. Church members globally have an income of $18,170 billion. Christians have comprised approximately 33% of the world population since 1800.Sightings 1/14/08
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