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December 29, 2011

Reporter-News: 'Out of Africa' Abilene churches embrace those relocating here

by Loretta Fulton
Abilene Reporter-News

Nowhere is the explosive growth of Christianity in Africa more evident than right here in West Texas.

A new report from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life titled, "Global Christianity," shows that the largest growth in Christianity during the past 100 years has occurred in sub-Saharan African countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.

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