As a result government is now under siege to establish New Age religious beliefs and will be increasingly so in the Twenty-First Century. David Martin is emeritus professor of sociology at the London School of Economics. Protestantism declined first. This is now being followed by Roman Catholicism. Due to religious pressure and a low birth rate, the number of Christians is falling in the Middle East.
Church attendance is very high.
Liberal Protestantism is under the greatest pressure. Both the English and French speaking regions of Canada may follow the secular direction of Europe rather than the American path. Roman Catholicism is in decline. Pentecostalism and Roman Catholicism are the big winners here. China's official churches, both Catholic and Protestant, have stagnated.