The day was finally here, I was about to get on a plane and begin my journey to London, England on a mission trip. I have never been so nervous in my life, especially because it was my first time on an airplane. About 8 hours later we finally landed, we stepped out into the airport and chaos overwhelmed me. People were everywhere pushing, shoving, and yelling. Nothing was what I had expected it to be, the atmosphere was such fast moving, the people were not the minority of White British people that I had imagined and the religious statistics were way different than I ever would of thought. The second we stepped out of the airport into the heart of London, I knew I was about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. A few hours into being settled
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Or even know what religion truly is? By definition, religion may be defined as: “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods” (Oxford Dictionaries). In today’s world, there are 4,200 different religions that people identify as. Most people have never heard of more than half of those religions. Christianity is the most heard of religion in the world, and up till now, has dominated other religions in having the most followers, or the most amount of people identify themselves as Christians. Today in the world religion has decreased as a whole, but in the United Kingdom, Christianity is the only religious group to be losing followers. Critics claim, at the rate the church membership is going now and “if current trends continue, membership will fall to 8.4% of the population by 2025” (Emberson). This will be the first time in history that Christianity will not be the dominant religious group in the UK. So, why is this happening and what does it mean for our future as a whole? This is just the beginning of a new era for all people, not only those who are religious. If the decline stays on the track it’s heading right now, those with no religion will be the dominant ones, which will affect more than the religious people in the
Or even know what religion truly is? By definition, religion may be defined as: “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods” (Oxford Dictionaries). In today’s world, there are 4,200 different religions that people identify as. Most people have never heard of more than half of those religions. Christianity is the most heard of religion in the world, and up till now, has dominated other religions in having the most followers, or the most amount of people identify themselves as Christians. Today in the world religion has decreased as a whole, but in the United Kingdom, Christianity is the only religious group to be losing followers. Critics claim, at the rate the church membership is going now and “if current trends continue, membership will fall to 8.4% of the population by 2025” (Emberson). This will be the first time in history that Christianity will not be the dominant religious group in the UK. So, why is this happening and what does it mean for our future as a whole? This is just the beginning of a new era for all people, not only those who are religious. If the decline stays on the track it’s heading right now, those with no religion will be the dominant ones, which will affect more than the religious people in the