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Status of Global Mission - Översiktssida årsstatistik.
Bland alla andra uppgifter finns en tabellrad med "6  megablocks": 

Namn ……………år 1900………år 1970…......år 2000….............år 2005….........år 2025 
Rom.Catholics 266,546,000.. 665,475,000..1,055,651,000.. 1,118,992,000.. 1,336,338,000
Independents........7,931,000 ....96,926,000 .....379,085,000 .....426,672,000 .....612,670,000
Protestants........103,024,000.. 211,052,000..... 347,762,000..... 375,814,000..... 491,084,000
Orthodox.............115,844,000.. 139,646,000..... 214,436,000......219,501,000..... 235,834,000
Anglicans............. 30,571,000.... 47,409,000........ 75,164,000....... 79,719,000......108,257,000
Marginal Christians. 928,000.... 11,100,000........ 29,501,000........34,150,000........ 49,768,000

Källa: http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/globalchristianity/resources.htm

Tabellen nedan visar de 10 största nationerna avseende kristna invånare;
årtal - nation - miljoner: 

År 2005....................................år 2025............................. år 2050

USA 252..................................USA 295............................ USA 329

Brazil 167..............................Brazil 193.............................China 218

China 111.............................China 173............................Brazil 202

Mexico 102...........................Mexico 123.......................DR Congo 145

Russia 85.............................India 107.............................India 137

Philippines 74.................Philippines 97.......................Mexico 131

India 68..................................Nigeria 95..........................Nigeria 130

Germany 62.......................DR Congo 91...................Philippines 112

Nigeria 61............................Russia 85..........................Ethiopia 104

DR Congo 53.....................Ethiopia 67..........................Uganda 95

State of Christianity in 2005 - http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2005/dawn12.html -The Friday Fax 2005 #12

Hemsida: GCTS - Global Christianity - Center for the Study of Global Christianity
>> http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/globalchristianity/index.php

An AD 2001 reality check: 50 new facts and figures about trends and issues concerning empirical global Christianity today
Per hour of ministry,the 5 megapeoples least responsive to Christianity,Christ,and the gospel are: Swedish,Russian,Lithuanian,Polish,Georgian .
Från:  World Evangelization Research Center 
>> http://www.globalchristianity.org/gd/findings.htm

Lista Trossamfund
>> http://worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/about/denominations.asp

I världen finns det enligt beräkningar 37.000 kristna samfund.
Över 9,000 kristna samfund är representerade i World Christian Database

Antal samfund Sverige 59, jfr USA: 635, India: 263, Britain: 253, Norge: 39,  Iran:27, Irak: 24, Saudiarabien: 12, Christmas Islands: 3, Cocos (Keeling) Is: 2, SValbard & Jan Mayen: 2, Holy See: 1, Pitcaim Islands: 1.
>> http://worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/about/denominationlist.asp

13.000 etniska folkgrupper representerade per land
>> http://worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/about/peoplelist.asp

REFLEKTION
Den svenska kristenheten kan enbart ur GCTS-länkarna ovan hämta en myckenhet av inspiration och förbönsämnen i missionens kallelse oich utmaning.