Do you know what the
fastest growing religion
in America is? It isn't
Christianity. According
to the latest U.S.
Religion Census that
was just released on
May 1, 2012, the
fastest growing religion
in America is Islam.
The data for the
census was compiled
by the Association of
Statisticians of
American Religious
Bodies , and the results
were released by the
Association of
Religion Data
Archives . From the
year 2000 to the year
2010, the census found
that the number of
Muslims living inside the
United States increased
by about 1 million to 2.6
million - a stunning
increase of 66.7
percent. That is an
astounding rate of
growth. Meanwhile,
most Christian
denominations had
rates of growth that
were far below the
overall rate of
population growth in
the United States, and
some Christian
denominations actually
lost members. Sadly,
when Barack Obama
once said that " we are
no longer a Christian
nation " he wasn't too
far off the mark.
Christianity is rapidly
losing influence and
other religions such as
Islam are rapidly gaining
members and building
new places of worship.
As other major religions
such as Islam continue
to grow in the United
States, it is inevitable
that this will reshape
America in many
different ways in the
years ahead.
So what about other
religious groups?
How did they fare
according to the U.S.
Religion Census?
Well, the following are
some of the growth
rates for major religious
organizations from the
year 2000 to the year
2010....
Mormons: +45.5%
Evangelical Protestants:
+1.7% (far behind the
overall rate of
population growth)
Catholics: -5.0%
Mainline Protestants:
-12.8% (an astounding
decline)
But it was Islam that
experienced the most
explosive growth.
According to Ihsan
Bagby, a professor of
Islamic Studies at the
University of Kentucky,
there were about
1,200 mosques in
America back in the
year 2000.
According to this new
census, there are now
2,106.
All over the United
States we are seeing
"mega-mosques"
being constructed, and
in many cases the
funding is coming from
overseas.
And these mega-
mosques are not going
unused. In some areas
of the country, Islamic
communities are
experiencing absolutely
explosive growth.
The following example
comes from a recent
USA Today article....
Imam Muhammad
Musri, president of the
Islamic Society of
Central Florida, saw
growth explode by a
whopping 473 percent in
and around Orlando's
Orange County,
according to the RCMS
study, and he thinks
the growth is actually
double the 10,000 new
Muslims reported by the
study.
He said Muslim growth
has been fueled by a
wave of post-9/11
converts, American-
born children of
immigrants having kids
of their own, and jobs in
the booming medical
industry. In central
Florida, he said, Muslims
are just following
everyone else in search
of "better weather,
cheaper prices, cheaper
homes."
A lot of this growth is
being fueled by
immigration. A survey
conducted by the Pew
Research Center back in
2007 discovered that
39 percent of all adult
Muslims living in
America were
immigrants that
had arrived in the United
States since 1990.
This rapid influx of
Muslims is reshaping
communities all over
America. For example,
Muslim students now
account for
approximately 10
percent of the total
number of students in
the New York City
School District.
And all over the country
many school districts
are now changing
their school
calendars to observe
Islamic holidays.
In fact, in Dearborn,
Michigan football
practices are actually
scheduled around
Ramadan. The
following is from a Fox
News article....
In Dearborn, Mich.,
where schools are
closed on both the day
before and the day of
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-
Adha, the
predominantly-Muslim
football team has
switched its two-a-day
summer practice
schedule to 11 p.m. to 4
a.m. during Ramadan, so
that Muslim players --
who fast while the sun
is up – won't be forced
to practice in the heat
without drinking water.
The move received little
backlash in Dearborn,
because most of the
football players are
Muslims.
Dearborn is located just
outside of Detroit, and
it contains one of the
densest Arab
communities outside of
the Middle East. Each
day, the local mosque's
call to prayer can be
clearly heard all over the
city. Dearborn is a clear
example of why we can
no longer call America a
"Christian nation".
But Islam is not the
only non-Christian
religion that is growing
rapidly in America.
The latest U.S. Religion
Census found that non-
Christian groups grew
by 32 percent overall
from the year 2000 to
the year 2010.
Meanwhile, as I have
written about
previously, the decline
of Christianity in
America is accelerating.
Back in 1990, one
survey found that 86
percent of all
Americans identified
themselves as
"Christian" of one sort
or another.
By 2008, only 76
percent of all
Americans identified
themselves as
"Christian" of one sort
or another.
Meanwhile, atheism and
the "not religious" are
experiencing huge gains
in numbers. For
example, the U.S.
Census Bureau says
that the number of
Americans with "no
religion" more than
doubled between 1990
and 2008.
Even many of those
that still apply the label
of "Christian" to
themselves are not
very committed. The
latest U.S. Religion
Census found that
approximately 150
million Americans are
not actively engaged
with any religious
community at all. That
is nearly half of the
population.
So America is changing.
It is becoming less
religious and it is
becoming less Christian.
What is your opinion
about all of this?
Please feel free to post
a comment with your
thoughts below...
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You can take America and while you are at it , take the whole of Europe as well

We ( Christians ) are looking for a new heaven and earth wherein dwells righteousness, you can have this one.

Besides, numbers mean nothing, God is after quality not quantity. In other words, only a few ( and this few will be into the hundreds of millions ) will be saved through the narrow way, the way that leads to destruction is wide and many rush down that path to destruction.

Repent and follow Jesus Christ , he alone is able to save you from impending doom.

Surely,Allah will be with His religion always!!!

frosbel: You can take America and while you are at it , take the whole of Europe as well

We ( Christians ) are looking for a new heaven and earth wherein dwells righteousness, you can have this one.

Besides, numbers mean nothing, God is after quality not quantity. In other words, only a few ( and this few will be into the hundreds of millions ) will be saved through the narrow way, the way that leads to destruction is wide and many rush down that path to destruction.

Repent and follow Jesus Christ , he alone is able to save you from impending doom.

t YOU ARE NOT SINCERE WITH YOUR POST

All praises, adoration, thanks glorification is due to Almighty Allah the Lord of al-amin(creation). Alamdulillah.

It is easy to be fast growing in terms of percentage when the numbers are very low. Going from 1 million people to 2.6 million people is a big jump, but not nearly as big as the number of people who have declared themselves 'not religious' in the US, whose total numbers went from 14 million to 35 million in 18 years (1990-2008).

Non-religion is, in terms of numbers, by far the fastest growing religious belief in the US and that trend looks set to continue. In addition, approximately two-thirds of all converts to Islam leave within 3 years.

@onetrack,thanks for the information,your post is definitely the most honest and accurate!!!

jackbaur: t YOU ARE NOT SINCERE WITH YOUR POST

Is America not also the nation with the highest growth rate of homosexual?

Is America not also the nation with the highest growth rate of violence/murder?

truthislight:

Is America not also the nation with the highest growth rate of homosexual?

Is America not also the nation with the highest growth rate of violence/murder?

You mean their influence is not resulting in any lasting change to the moral fabric of that nation. Instead it is getting more violent and perverse.