Where the church stands in North America
Around three in four North Americans identify as Christian, and the United States remains the largest missionary-sending nation on earth by total workers. But the share of people claiming no religion has roughly doubled in a generation, and in Canada weekly attendance is in single digits across much of the country.
The region is also one of the great immigration destinations of the world. People from Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, China and India now live in North American cities — many from places where preaching Christ is illegal, now next door to churches that are free to love them. The mission field has, in a real sense, moved in.
Signs of hope
Newcomer communities from closed nations living in cities where the Gospel is free, and a church that still funds and sends more than any other.
The honest difficulty
Rapid secularisation, nominal faith, and churches more comfortable maintaining themselves than crossing the street.
How to pray for North America
Take one of these for a week rather than all of them for a day.
- Pray for the weekly outreach groups going out across Canadian cities.
- Ask God to wake the North American church from comfort into ordinary, weekly obedience.
- Pray for newcomers from closed nations — that the first Christian they meet would be worth knowing.
- Pray for Indigenous communities, and for reconciliation that is more than words.
Nations in North America on this site
Each profile carries church size, unreached peoples, what is going well, what is hard, and four prayer points.
Questions people ask about North America
How many Christians are there in North America?
About 278 million of North America's roughly 375 million people identify as Christian — around 74.1% of the population. The trend is declining. Figures follow Pew Research Center's regional definitions and the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, and are rounded estimates that vary by source and year.
Is Christianity growing in North America?
Still the largest sender of missionaries, and secularising fast at home. Newcomer communities from closed nations living in cities where the Gospel is free, and a church that still funds and sends more than any other. At the same time: Rapid secularisation, nominal faith, and churches more comfortable maintaining themselves than crossing the street.
Which nations in North America are least reached?
Of the 1 North America nations profiled on this site, 0 are frontier and 0 are unreached. Every profiled nation in the region has an established church.