The Religious Frontier — Adventist Growth in Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist Contexts

Executive summary

Adventist growth varies dramatically by religious context. In Muslim-majority countries, growth is extremely slow—the MENA region improved from 1 Adventist per 170,000 people to 1 per 99,000 over a decade (2011-2021), with membership reaching just 5,668. In Hindu-majority India, the church has built a much larger base (~1.15 million members) but growth has stalled, with a net loss of 3,060 members in 2022 despite 14,000 evangelistic accessions. Buddhist-majority countries remain a near-total dat...