What is the Source of Hope?

The Christian gospel is a message of hope for all. However, it is not the only promoted avenue of ‘hope’ in our contemporary world. From competing world religions to secular ambitions and pleasures, the world is continually asking, ‘What is the source of hope?’

• Global Interests Digital interest in Christianity is meager compared to sex, money, and entertainment.
• Global ValuesLove, Science, and the Self are the leading global values.
• World ReligionsContrary to predictions of mass secularization by Western academics in the middle of the 20th century, the world is more rather than less religious compared to 50 years ago.
• Religious DiversityAside from Hindus, Christians are the most likely religious group to be unfamiliar with witnessing to their faith in contexts where they are the minority.
• SecularismThe most dominant global religious change in the coming decades will be those leaving Christianity for unaffiliated.
• IslamIslam will likely remain the fastest growing world religion.
• HinduismHinduism remains concentrated within India – along with Nepal – and the Indian diaspora. By 2050, the United States will have the world’s fifth largest Hindu population.
• BuddhismBuddhism is still predominantly a religion of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
• JudaismBecause of 20th century European migrations, more Jewish people live in the United States than in any other country. Israel, however, is predicted to have the world’s largest Jewish population by 2050.

For more information go to What is the Source of Hope? on the Lausanne Movement website.
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