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Christianity taking over planet?

New book makes case it's fastest growing faith on Earth

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Posted: April 28, 2005

9:30 p.m. Eastern


What is the fastest-growing religion on Earth?


Most news reports suggest it is Islam.

But a new book makes a compelling case it is a new, or, perhaps, old
form of biblically inspired evangelical Christianity that is sweeping
through places like China, Africa, India and Southeast Asia.

In "Megashift," author Jim Rutz coins a new phrase to define this
fast-growing segment of the population. He calls them "core apostolics"
- or "the new saints who are at the heart of the mushrooming kingdom
of God."

Rutz makes the point that Christianity is overlooked as the
fastest-growing faith in the world because most surveys look at the
traditional Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church
while ignoring Christian believers who have no part of either.

He says there are 707 million "switched-on disciples" who fit into this
new category and that this "church" is exploding in growth.

"The growing core of Christianity crosses theological lines and
includes 707 million born-again people who are increasing by 8 percent
a year," he says.

So fast is this group growing that, under current trends, according to
Rutz, the entire world will be composed of such believers by the year
2032.

"There will be pockets of resistance and unforeseen breakthroughs,"
writes Rutz. "Still, at the rate we're growing now, to be comically
precise, there would be more Christians than people by the autumn of
2032, about 8.2 billion."

According to the author, until 1960, Western evangelicals outnumbered
non-Western evangelicals - mostly Latinos, blacks and Asians - by
two to one. As of 2000, non-Western evangelicals outnumbered Westerners
by four to one. He says by 2010, the ratio will be seven to one.

"There are now more missionaries sent from non-Western nations than
Western nations," he writes.

This trend, says Rutz, has been missed by Westerners because the
explosive growth is elsewhere.

Hundreds of millions of these Christians are simply not associated with
the institutional churches at all. They meet in homes. They meet
underground. They meet in caves. They meet, he says, in secret.

And what is driving this movement?

Miracles, he says.

"Megashift" attempts to document myriad healings and other powerful
answers to the sincere prayers of this new category of believer,
including, believe it or not, hundreds of dramatic cases of
resurrections - not near-death experiences, but real resurrections of
actual corpses.

"When I was a kid in Sunday school, I was really impressed that 3,000
people were saved on the Day of Pentecost," he writes. "I thought,
'Wow, that'll never happen again!"

But, Rutz says, it now happens around the globe every 25 minutes.

"By tomorrow, there will be 175,000 more Christians than there are
today," he writes.

The essence of Rutz's book is about how Western Christians can tap into
what he sees as a mighty work of God on Earth.

"Very few people realize the nature of life on Earth is going through a
major change," he writes. "We are seeing a megashift in the basic
direction of human history. Until our time, the ancient war between
good and evil was hardly better than a stalemate. Now all has changed.
The Creator whose epic story flows through the pages of Scripture has
begun to dissolve the strongholds of evil. This new drama is being
played out every hour around the globe, accompanied sometimes by
mind-bending miracles."


As a very special added bonus, when you purchase "Megashift" from WND's
online store, you can also receive - FREE - three issues of our
acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, which many have called the
best news magazine in the world. That's a $22.50 free value! (Offer
good in the U.S. only.) Watch for the free offer during checkout.


Order your copy of "Megashift" online, or if you prefer ordering by
phone, call our toll-free order line: 1-800-4-WND-COM (1-800-496-3266).

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Christianity taking over planet?

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Christianity taking over planet?

New book makes case it's fastest growing faith on Earth

-------------------------------------------------------------------


Posted: April 28, 2005

9:30 p.m. Eastern


What is the fastest-growing religion on Earth?


Most news reports suggest it is Islam.

But a new book makes a compelling case it is a new, or, perhaps, old
form of biblically inspired evangelical Christianity that is sweeping
through places like China, Africa, India and Southeast Asia.

In "Megashift," author Jim Rutz coins a new phrase to define this
fast-growing segment of the population. He calls them "core apostolics"
- or "the new saints who are at the heart of the mushrooming kingdom
of God."

Rutz makes the point that Christianity is overlooked as the
fastest-growing faith in the world because most surveys look at the
traditional Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church
while ignoring Christian believers who have no part of either.

He says there are 707 million "switched-on disciples" who fit into this
new category and that this "church" is exploding in growth.

"The growing core of Christianity crosses theological lines and
includes 707 million born-again people who are increasing by 8 percent
a year," he says.

So fast is this group growing that, under current trends, according to
Rutz, the entire world will be composed of such believers by the year
2032.

"There will be pockets of resistance and unforeseen breakthroughs,"
writes Rutz. "Still, at the rate we're growing now, to be comically
precise, there would be more Christians than people by the autumn of
2032, about 8.2 billion."

According to the author, until 1960, Western evangelicals outnumbered
non-Western evangelicals - mostly Latinos, blacks and Asians - by
two to one. As of 2000, non-Western evangelicals outnumbered Westerners
by four to one. He says by 2010, the ratio will be seven to one.

"There are now more missionaries sent from non-Western nations than
Western nations," he writes.

This trend, says Rutz, has been missed by Westerners because the
explosive growth is elsewhere.

Hundreds of millions of these Christians are simply not associated with
the institutional churches at all. They meet in homes. They meet
underground. They meet in caves. They meet, he says, in secret.

And what is driving this movement?

Miracles, he says.

"Megashift" attempts to document myriad healings and other powerful
answers to the sincere prayers of this new category of believer,
including, believe it or not, hundreds of dramatic cases of
resurrections - not near-death experiences, but real resurrections of
actual corpses.

"When I was a kid in Sunday school, I was really impressed that 3,000
people were saved on the Day of Pentecost," he writes. "I thought,
'Wow, that'll never happen again!"

But, Rutz says, it now happens around the globe every 25 minutes.

"By tomorrow, there will be 175,000 more Christians than there are
today," he writes.

The essence of Rutz's book is about how Western Christians can tap into
what he sees as a mighty work of God on Earth.

"Very few people realize the nature of life on Earth is going through a
major change," he writes. "We are seeing a megashift in the basic
direction of human history. Until our time, the ancient war between
good and evil was hardly better than a stalemate. Now all has changed.
The Creator whose epic story flows through the pages of Scripture has
begun to dissolve the strongholds of evil. This new drama is being
played out every hour around the globe, accompanied sometimes by
mind-bending miracles."


As a very special added bonus, when you purchase "Megashift" from WND's
online store, you can also receive - FREE - three issues of our
acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, which many have called the
best news magazine in the world. That's a $22.50 free value! (Offer
good in the U.S. only.) Watch for the free offer during checkout.


Order your copy of "Megashift" online, or if you prefer ordering by
phone, call our toll-free order line: 1-800-4-WND-COM (1-800-496-3266).

8 billion Christians in world by 2032

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44033

Christianity taking over planet?

New book makes case it's fastest growing faith on Earth

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Posted: April 28, 2005

9:30 p.m. Eastern

What is the fastest-growing religion on Earth?

Most news reports suggest it is Islam.

But a new book makes a compelling case it is a new, or, perhaps, old
form of biblically inspired evangelical Christianity that is sweeping
through places like China, Africa, India and Southeast Asia.

In "Megashift," author Jim Rutz coins a new phrase to define this
fast-growing segment of the population. He calls them "core apostolics"
- or "the new saints who are at the heart of the mushrooming kingdom
of God."

Rutz makes the point that Christianity is overlooked as the
fastest-growing faith in the world because most surveys look at the
traditional Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church
while ignoring Christian believers who have no part of either.

He says there are 707 million "switched-on disciples" who fit into this
new category and that this "church" is exploding in growth.

"The growing core of Christianity crosses theological lines and
includes 707 million born-again people who are increasing by 8 percent
a year," he says.

So fast is this group growing that, under current trends, according to
Rutz, the entire world will be composed of such believers by the year
2032.

"There will be pockets of resistance and unforeseen breakthroughs,"
writes Rutz. "Still, at the rate we're growing now, to be comically
precise, there would be more Christians than people by the autumn of
2032, about 8.2 billion."

According to the author, until 1960, Western evangelicals outnumbered
non-Western evangelicals - mostly Latinos, blacks and Asians - by
two to one. As of 2000, non-Western evangelicals outnumbered Westerners
by four to one. He says by 2010, the ratio will be seven to one.

"There are now more missionaries sent from non-Western nations than
Western nations," he writes.

This trend, says Rutz, has been missed by Westerners because the
explosive growth is elsewhere.

Hundreds of millions of these Christians are simply not associated with
the institutional churches at all. They meet in homes. They meet
underground. They meet in caves. They meet, he says, in secret.

And what is driving this movement?

Miracles, he says.

"Megashift" attempts to document myriad healings and other powerful
answers to the sincere prayers of this new category of believer,
including, believe it or not, hundreds of dramatic cases of
resurrections - not near-death experiences, but real resurrections of
actual corpses.

"When I was a kid in Sunday school, I was really impressed that 3,000
people were saved on the Day of Pentecost," he writes. "I thought,
'Wow, that'll never happen again!"

But, Rutz says, it now happens around the globe every 25 minutes.

"By tomorrow, there will be 175,000 more Christians than there are
today," he writes.

The essence of Rutz's book is about how Western Christians can tap into
what he sees as a mighty work of God on Earth.

"Very few people realize the nature of life on Earth is going through a
major change," he writes. "We are seeing a megashift in the basic
direction of human history. Until our time, the ancient war between
good and evil was hardly better than a stalemate. Now all has changed.
The Creator whose epic story flows through the pages of Scripture has
begun to dissolve the strongholds of evil. This new drama is being
played out every hour around the globe, accompanied sometimes by
mind-bending miracles."

As a very special added bonus, when you purchase "Megashift" from WND's
online store, you can also receive - FREE - three issues of our
acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, which many have called the
best news magazine in the world. That's a $22.50 free value! (Offer
good in the U.S. only.) Watch for the free offer during checkout.

Order your copy of "Megashift" online, or if you prefer ordering by
phone, call our toll-free order line: 1-800-4-WND-COM (1-800-496-3266).

8 billion Christians in world by 2032