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Christianity in the United States (US) is currently experiencing a crisis that is very harmful / terrible. From year to year, since the past 30 years, Christianity in the US is getting into decline / shrinkage, both in number and in influence. The number of Christians in the US continues to decline! In 1990 86.2% of the population still call themselves Christians. In 2001 shrank to 76.5%. In 2008 76%. However, Christianity was little growth again in 2010. Surveys in 2010 showed a majority of US adults still claim to be Christians (80%). With a population of approximately 246,780,000 million Christians (2010 data), the US became the largest Christian country in the world, and also the largest Protestant populous country in the universe. Protestants amounted to about 51%, 25% Catholic, Jewish and Muslim Association of 3%., 13.2% no religion, 1.7% Mormon, the rest of other Christian denominations, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.
Christianity was introduced during the period of European colonization. Northern Europeans introduced Protestantism. Protestants such as Anglicans, Baptists, Congregational (Puritan), Presbyterian, Lutheran, Quaker, Mennonite and Moravian who first settled in the US and spread their faith in the new country. The Spanish, and French brought Roman Catholicism to the colony of New Spain and New France. Catholics are the majority are immigrants from Latin America / Hispanic, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, France, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, South Germany and Lebanon. Orthodox Christians brought by Greek immigrants, Ukraine, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Ethiopia and South Indian. Streams of Christianity is that since the beginning of the US into a nation of immigrants formed a multi-ethnic and multi-faiths, especially Christianity, especially Protestantism again.
So from the very beginning pembentukannnya as a state, religious factors strongly influence the dynamics of the US as a whole. Since the colonial era to the present, the US has been a Protestant country and the world center of Protestantism. The US founding fathers (such as George Washington, John Adams and John Jay) laid the foundation of the constitution, morality, law and identity of the community / nation on the foundation of the teachings of the Gospel, to the spirit of fear of the Lord and for the glory of God. US Revolution motto is "There's No Other King in addition to King Jesus" and in the US currency there is an affirmation of faith "In God We Trust". Since it was established as a nation and state, the US became the only super-power (superpower) in all things in the universe. No country in the world that can match the greatness / US advantage, both in terms of economy (financial / wealth), science and technology, military, music, culture, and others until 2000. The Nobel prize laureate every year is a majority US nation.
French historian Alexis de Tocqueville, states that grandeur, the genius, the glory, the superiority of the United States is not, as the port is big, rivers many, the fields are lush, vast grasslands that has no end, mining abundant and the world trade volume is very large. US superiority Tocqueville said he found when he went into the churches in the US and hear pulpit fiery worship and glorify Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords! .In Other words, the source of the greatness and strength of the US is Vine's life, because the US is the God of Jesus Christ!
The Lord Jesus Christ said "I am the vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit. For without me ye can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is cast out, like twigs
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