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Converts to Christianity

1st row: Sake Dean Mahomed • Skanderbeg • Fritz Haber • Max Born • John von Neumann

2nd row: Pocahontas • Lise Meitner • Mitsuo Fuchida • Benjamin Disraeli • Gerty Theresa Cori

3rd row: Malika Oufkir • Bobby Jindal • Clive Staples Lewis • William Levy • Sun Yat-sen

4th row: Emir Kusturica • Hakeem Seriki • Felix Mendelssohn • Carlos Menem • Akbar Gbaja-Biamila

5th row: Daniel Tammet • Francis Collins • Anne Rice • Peter Hitchens • Magdi Cristiano Allam

Total population
2,501,396 every year, according to the World Christian Encyclopedia
Another estimate says in Africa, every year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity.

The following is a list of notable people who converted to Christianity from a different religion or no religion. This article addresses only past voluntary professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations such as Marriage. Certain people listed here may be lapsed or former converts, or their current religious identity may be ambiguous, uncertain or disputed. Such cases are noted in their list entries.

From major religions

Cao Dai

Manichaeism

Rastafarian

Zoroastrianism

Yezidism

Satanism

Skepticism

Undetermined

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See also

Notes and references

  1. The Numbers. FastestGrowingReligion.com
  2. "Fastest Growing Religion – Numbers".
  3. Six Million African Muslims Convert to Christianity Each Year. OrthodoxyToday.org May 6, 2006.
  4. Canadian Christianity.com
  5. Kim Foundation
  6. ;
  7. http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003963/Judy-Mowatt.html
  8. http://194.154.164.100/~westbury@westburymusicltd.co.uk/4artisttrackdb/showarticle.php?id=86
  9. Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, Missouri: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.
  10. http://kurd-art.com/index.php/en/everything-for-you/music/music/188-zara До 2004 года Зара исповедовала езидизм, затем приняла христианство.
  11. Clay and Thornton, "Sellers Executed For 3 Murders", The Daily Oklahoman, February 4, 1999.
  12. http://hot.detik.com/read/2011/12/30/132856/1803108/1303/1/mongol-pernah-jadi-pemimpin-gereja-setan Mongol Pernah Jadi Pemimpin Gereja Setan
  13. Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology By Richard J. Mouw, Mark A. Noll (Accessed 14 June 2007)
  14. "In the winter of 1959 experienced a conversion to Christian faith which had been preceded by a kind of intellectual conversion while he was working on his first book." René Girard:A Biographical Sketch, by James G. Williams
  15. Musical tributes for Barbara Jones
  16. Gloria Gaynor: Surviving In Christ. 700 Club
  17. Tony Orlando's Brush With Death, cbn.com; accessed June 23, 2014
  18. Lou Gramm Knows What Love Is
  19. Lou Gramm Knows What Love Is (Extended Version)
  20. Lord Kenya | Born Again
  21. Lord Kenya - A new man
  22. Truly Born Again! Lord Kenya says he cannot stand the smell of weed and alcohol now
  23. Stations and DJs are not helping my cause - Lord Kenya
  24. http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2009/09/03/21923200.aspx
  25. The best interview ever with the lead men of UnderOath Norma Jean As I Lay Dying - Buzznet
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