World Christianity Shrinking as Growth Outruns Conversion
The mid-20th century trend shows global Christianity slipping from about 35 percent of humanity at the turn of the century to roughly 30 percent in 1960 and an estimated 20 percent by 2000. Growth in population outpaces Christian expansion, with non-Christian regions driving the decline.
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J. C. Hoekendijk
University of Utretch
Abbe
Adrian Bouffard
Hoekendijk
North America
Franklin Clark Fry
Lutheran Church In America
Paul VI
India
Fire Department Instructor Earns Purdue Diploma
Harold Walker of the Anderson Fire Department is among 27 instructors from municipal, volunteer, and industrial departments across Indiana who received certificates at Purdue University after completing the seventh annual Fire Instructors Course. The two week session ran from December 10 to Monday, and was sponsored by Purdue’s Division of Conferences and Continuation Services with Indiana firemen’s associations and mutual insurance partners.
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Harold Walker
Anderson Fire Department
Indiana
Purdue University
Purdue
Indiana Firemen’s
Colonial EUB Church Christmas Program Scheduled
At Colonial EUB Church the children will present the nativity story with special music from all age groups and an adult choir. Mrs. Schattner leads, Paul Bickel handles scenery, Mary Schierling provides music, and Beginners plan an 8 p.m. visit from Santa in Fellowship Hall.
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EUB
Schattner
Paul Bickel
Mary Schierling
Fellowship Hall
Santa Claus
Christ
John Cheesman
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