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Christendom in Europa: de cijfers achter de achteruitgang

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Samenvatting

  • Het christendom in Europa ervaart een aanzienlijke achteruitgang, waarbij prognoses een daling van de christelijke bevolking laten zien van 553 miljoen in 2010 naar 454 miljoen in 2050.
  • De opkomst van religieus ongebonden mensen (“nones”) en de groeiende moslimbevolking dragen bij aan deze verschuiving in het spirituele landschap.
  • Ondanks uitdagingen ontstaan er tekenen van vernieuwing via migrantenkerken, levendige evangelische bewegingen en innovatieve parochieprogramma's.
  • Het mondiale hart van het christendom verschuift naar het Mondiale Zuiden, waar het geloof snel groeit, wat wijst op een transitie in plaats van een algehele achteruitgang van het geloof.

A Question of Faith: Navigating the Decline and Renewal of Christianity in Europe For centuries, the story of Europe and the story of Christianity were deeply intertwined. The continent’s great cathedrals, its art and music, its laws and philosophies, and its very identity were shaped by the Gospel. To see headlines today about empty churches and declining faith in this historic heartland of Christendom can be a source of powerful concern, and even grief, for believers around the world. It…

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