For decades, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was a daily reminder that the United States was ‘one nation under God.’
But the Christian faith that once defined American values is on track to lose its majority status by 2070.
According to the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of Americans say they are Christian now compared to around 90 percent in 1970.
If current trends continue, Pew projects it could fall to 46 percent by 2070 – a decline that has Pastor Brent Madaris and other religious leaders sounding the alarm.
Madaris, of Hometown Hope Ministries, told the Daily Mail the data should be ‘an urgent call for church renewal,’ warning that Christian communities have taken their eyes off the ball while rival faiths gain ground.
The decline comes as other religions, most notably Islam, continue to grow.
In the US, there are roughly 100,000 more Muslims annually while there are around two million fewer Christians.
Muslims still remain a small minority, with around four million followers compared with roughly 200million Christians, but their communities are shaping differently on the ground.
The number of US mosques increased 31 percent between 2010 and 2020, from 2,106 to 2,769, according to the Islamic Resource Center.
Meanwhile, roughly 1,500 Christian churches closed during the same period.
Islam’s growth in the US is being fueled by Muslims’ relatively young age structure and high fertility rate, according to Pew Research Center.
Islam currently has a younger median age – 35 compared with 54 for Christians – suggesting youth adherents could accelerate the religion’s growth.
In 2017, the center estimated immigration was also driving the boom. And in February, CBS found that tens of thousands of Americans in prison convert to Islam each year.
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Globally, Pew Research shows Islam grew 20.7 percent between 2010 and 2020, compared with just 5.7 percent for Christianity.
Yet the greatest challenge to Christianity may not be other religions but the rise of the ‘nones’ – Americans who identify as atheist, agnostic, or unaffiliated – who are projected to make up a slim majority (52 percent) by 2070.
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