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| {{Infobox | |||
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| | header1 = Total population | |||
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| | data2 = '''2.7 million''' every year, according to the ]<ref>{{cite book |date=February 15, 2001 |editor1=David B. Barrett |editor2=George Thomas Kurian |editor3=Todd M. Johnson |title=World Christian Encyclopedia p.360|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press USA |isbn=0195079639 }}</ref> | |||
| *'''10.2 million''' ] according to 2015 study<ref name="https">{{cite journal|last1=Johnstone|first1=Patrick|last2=Miller|first2=Duane Alexander|title=Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census|journal=Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion|date=2015|volume=11|page=8|url=https://www.academia.edu/16338087/Believers_in_Christ_from_a_Muslim_Background_A_Global_Census|accessdate=30 October 2015}}</ref> | |||
| *Due primarily to ] the number of Chinese Christians has increased significantly; from 4 million before 1949 to reaching 67 million today<ref name="MIller, 2006. pp. 185-186">MIller, 2006. pp. 185-186</ref><ref>, '']'', Tuesday 17 November 2015</ref> | |||
| *Due primarily to ], Christianity has grown in ] from 2.0% in 1945<ref name="Korean Overseas Information Service 1993">Korean Overseas Information Service, ''A Handbook of Korea'' (1993) p, 132</ref> to 29.3% in 2010<ref name="Pew2011">{{cite web |date=December 19, 2011 |title=Global Christianity: Regional Distribution of Christians |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-regions/ |publisher=Pew Research Center |accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| *] is growing as a result to ] in ],<ref name="Korean Overseas Information Service 1993"/><ref name="TIME 2001">{{cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,156277,00.html|title=The Battle for Latin America's Soul|date=24 June 2001|work=TIME.com|accessdate=14 February 2015|first=Richard N.|last=Ostling}}</ref><ref></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/china-protestantisms-simplicity-yields-more-converts-catholicism-213465|title=In China, Protestantism's Simplicity Yields More Converts Than Catholicism|date=28 March 2012|work=International Business Times|accessdate=14 February 2015}}</ref><ref>Miller, 2006. pp. 185-186</ref> ],<ref name="TIME 2001"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/201232593459332334.html|title=Evangelicals rise in Latin America|author=Chris Arsenault|publisher=|accessdate=14 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Religion in Latin America">{{cite web|title=Religion in Latin America, Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/#|website=http://www.pewforum.org|publisher=Pew Research Center, November 13, 2014|accessdate=March 4, 2015}}</ref> ],<ref name="Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background"></ref> and ] | |||
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| The following is a '''list of notable people who converted to ]''' from a different ] or ]. 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 ]. 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== | |||
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| ==Cao Dai== | |||
| * ] - subject of a ] winning photograph by ],<ref></ref> she now heads a fund for children victims of war.<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Manichaeism== | |||
| * ] - was an early ] and ].<ref>; </ref> | |||
| ==Rastafarian== | |||
| * ] - Jamaican reggae singer <ref>http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003963/Judy-Mowatt.html</ref> | |||
| * ] - Jamaican reggae singer <ref>http://194.154.164.100/~westbury@westburymusicltd.co.uk/4artisttrackdb/showarticle.php?id=86</ref> | |||
| * ] - Jamaican reggae singer and musician | |||
| ==Zoroastrianism== | |||
| *] - ] and ] of the ]<ref name="Holweck">Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, Missouri: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.</ref> | |||
| *] - probably the first person from South Asia to be made the vicar of an English parish. | |||
| ==Yezidism== | |||
| * ] - Russian ], ] and ] convert to ] after marriage.<ref>http://kurd-art.com/index.php/en/everything-for-you/music/music/188-zara До 2004 года Зара исповедовала езидизм, затем приняла христианство.</ref> | |||
| ==Satanism== | |||
| * ] - American murderer | |||
| * ] - American murderer.<ref name="Executed">Clay and Thornton, "Sellers Executed For 3 Murders", ''The Daily Oklahoman'', February 4, 1999.</ref> | |||
| ==Skepticism== | |||
| * ] - American author and pastor of ]. | |||
| ==Undetermined== | |||
| * ] - ] of ] from 1998 to 2003, and the 2000 ] recipient.<ref name="Catholic News Agency">{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/john_paul_iis_appeal_saved_future_korean_president_from_death_sentence/ |title=John Paul II's appeal saved future Korean president from death sentence |date=21 May 2009 |publisher=Catholic News Agency |accessdate=25 June 2012}}</ref> | |||
| * ] - popular recording artist in the 1940s and 1950s<ref> By Richard J. Mouw, Mark A. Noll (Accessed 14 June 2007)</ref> | |||
| * ] (1912-1977) - German aerospace engineer and space architect considered a "father of rocket science". ] occurred in 1946 after he visited a church in Texas. | |||
| * ] (1923-2015) - ]<ref>"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." </ref> | |||
| * ] - Nigerian funk musician. | |||
| * ] - Jamaican singer who after becoming a Christian gave up her secular career and released four Gospel albums.<ref></ref> | |||
| * ] - American singer, best known for her disco era hits, notably "]". After what she referred to as a sinful lifestyle, and a search in different faiths, she became a Christian and rejected several things from her former musical career.<ref>. ]</ref> | |||
| * ] - American producer who reached fame as the lead singer of the group ] in the early 1970s. Interviewed in the ], he explained that he became a Christian in 1978, after life struggles.<ref>, cbn.com; accessed June 23, 2014</ref> | |||
| * ] - lead singer of 80's band ]. He struggled with ], and in 1992, after having completed a stint in a rehab center, he became a born again Christian.<ref></ref> After surviving a brain tumour, he released a Christian rock album ''The Lou Gram Band'' (2009).<ref></ref> | |||
| * Lord Kenya - pioneer of Ghanaian ] and multiple award-winning musician who in 2010 became a Christian after visiting a Church where he said he had an experience with the Holy Spirit and a warning of repentance.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> He changed his life direction and became an evangelist under his real name Abraham Philip Akpor Kojo Kenya.<ref></ref> | |||
| * ] - drummer of heavy metal band ]. | |||
| * ] - ] hip hop ], songwriter and actor. Became a ] in 2008.<ref>http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2009/09/03/21923200.aspx</ref> | |||
| * ] - lead vocalist of the ] ] band ], was not raised in a religious home.<ref></ref> | |||
| * ] - former lead guitarist of Metallica and co-founder and lead guitarist of ]. Though raised as a Jehovah Witness, he left religion early in his youth and later practiced ] and occult practices. In 2002 he became a born-again Christian.<ref></ref> | |||
| * ] - Nigerian saxophonist and veteran of Gospel music in his country. He became a Christian when he was in High School. Later, along with his musical career, he also became a Pastor.<ref>NAIJ.com . H. Igwe. March, 2016</ref> | |||
| * ] - prominent Mexican bassist who has participated in over 5,000 studio albums along with international musicians. He became a Christian and recorded several Gospel albums and he has continued to play along with Christian and secular musicians.<ref>Sevilla, María Eugenia. 2016. . El Financiero.</ref><ref>Toma Tu Lugar Conference (Official Youtube Chanel). . Sep 15, 2015</ref> | |||
| * ] - notable Hong Kong singer who was baptized and became a Christian in 2011.<ref>China Christian Daily. "". Grace Zhi. January 12, 2016</ref> | |||
| * ] - former front woman of ] who after becoming a Christian renounced her stage name and music and started to preach in different parts of the U.S.<ref>Goblanerías.com. . 16 de febrero de 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rettenmund|first=Matthew |title=Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon Of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV shows, Stars, and Trends Of That Decadent Decade|publisher=Macmillan|year=1996|pages=57|isbn=0-312-14436-9}}</ref><ref></ref> | |||
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