ABSTRACT
Sources: All data in the statistical tables are courtesy of David B.Barrett and Todd M.Johnson, Center for World Evangelization Research and Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Richmond, Virginia. Tables 1 and 2 are reprinted from the Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year 2003, with permission. All data in Table 3 may be seen in wider and fuller contexts and formats in D.B.Barrett, G.T.Kurian, and T.M.Johnson, World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World, 2d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001; and World Christian Trends, AD 30-AD 2200: Interpreting the Annual Christian Megacensus. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
