Islam’s Growth Outpaces Christianity Worldwide

A new Pew Research Center report has found that Christianity remains the world’s largest faith, but Islam is now outpacing it in growth—especially when it comes to new converts and demographic momentum. According to Pew’s “How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020” study, the number of Christians worldwide grew by 6% over the last decade, reaching 2.3 billion in 2020. But here’s the catch: Christians (of all denominations, counted as one group) did not keep pace with global population growth from 2010 to 2020. As a result,...