The “Status of Christianity, 2026” statistics reveals three interesting points:

First, Christianity remains the biggest world religion.

Second, most Christians outside Catholicism are classified as Pentecostals/Charismatics. This movement is predicted to grow substantially in number for the next 50 years.

Third, most Christians are located in the Global South, and numbers are predicted to increase significantly over the next 50 years.

Preparing indigenous church planters and leaders in the Global South and enabling mission-minded academics in that area to establish contextualized training pathways is more important than ever.