8 Encouraging Trends in Global Christianity for 2024 - Lifeway Research

Carey argued, Christians must expect great things — and not only must we expect them; we must attempt them. No matter how small the beginning, no matter how complicated the task, in the power of the Spirit, under the authority of the risen Christ, we can have absolute confidence in the success of our mission. In commissioning his church, Jesus had

Today we are closer to the return of Christ then ever before. Nations are being won by the gospel and the influence of Christianity continues to increase. There are more Christians worldwide today than at any time in previous history! Pessimism and fear have no place in the church, for God is moving so wonderfully in the world. It is time to believ

globally atheism is in slow, possibly terminal, decline. Rather, it is religious world views like Christianity and Islam, which between them account for almost two thirds of the world’s population, that will shape the lives of individuals and societies in the twenty-first century.

The classical Christian hope of our spiritual forefathers in past centuries was for the gospel to fill the earth and the kingdom to increase until Jesus returned.