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Is U.S. Christianity Headed Toward Minority Status?

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America “will most likely be majority non-Christian” within the next 50 years, a professor at Johns Hopkins wrote recently in the New York Times. “Big if true,” as the saying goes. A Christian decline to less than a majority would have significant and potentially profound implications on culture and…

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    America “will most likely be majority non-Christian” within the next 50 years, a professor at Johns Hopkins wrote recently in the New York Times. “Big if true,” as the saying goes. A Christian decline to less than a majority would have significant and potentially profound implications on culture and…

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