According to study published by the Christian missionary David B. Barrett, and professor of global Christianity, George Thomas Kurian, and both are work on World Christian Encyclopedia, approximately 2.7 million converting to Christianity annually from another religion, World Christian Encyclopedia also cited that …

Universalizing religions, such as Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam, all seek to convert new believers to their religions and are thereby global (or universal) in their spread.

People convert to a different religion for various reasons, including active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs, secondary conversion, deathbed conversion, conversion for convenience, marital conversion, and forced conversion.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, To proselytize means to convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.

Christianity has its own social system. You need to give 10% of your profits for God. So by getting converted you will not gain anything, but you’ll start giving to church / orphanage or whoever is in financial crisis.

Converting to Christianity is based on your belief that Jesus is God’s only begotten Son, and that He does all manner of miracles including Salvation. Christianity starts with being saved, trusting Christ to save you, and then entails living a good and godly life that is pleasing to God.

Different sects of Christianity may perform various different kinds of rituals or ceremonies on a convert in order to initiate them into a community of believers. The most commonly accepted ritual of conversion in Christianity is through baptism, but this is not universally accepted among Christian denominations.

This is the fundamental characteristic of repentance and of conversion. And this is common in the Bible, because the Bible teaches that by nature we worship idols (things that we make to be god) instead of worshiping the true God. Therefore, every human being needs to repent, to turn (to be converted) to the true God.

Taking in consideration the teaching of the Church, changing of religion or transferring to Protestant Churches is a grave mortal sin. When a Catholic transfers to a Protestant Church or abandoned the Christian faith he commits an offense against reason and God’s eternal law.

1a : to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another They tried to convert us to their way of thinking. b : to bring about a religious conversion in The missionaries converted the native people to Christianity.

Think of the word convert as meaning “change,” whether it is a person who adopts a new belief, or a changing action, such as when you convert dollars into euros.

It is the responsibility of every mother to care for the baby she has given birth to so that he will grow up to maturity to care for himself. In like manner, new converts are baby Christians; by discipling them, you nurture them to grow and have a foothold in the faith.

On these grounds, faith is the result of current belief systems as shaped by experience, whereas hope is the product of desiring a future state of affairs. And while the two are intimately connected, (2) is the best expression of the relationship between faith and hope. One cannot have hope without faith.

Faith and hope are defined in the dictionary as follows; Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing or a belief not based on proof and Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation or desire. Faith says it is so now, and hope says in the future it could happen.

Examples- Believing God for material possessions, a mate, a job, salvation, a promotion, etc. The Gift of Faith is the supernatural belief in something that is not humanly possible to achieve or bring to pass.

Here are some ways to spread some sunshine and bring hope to the lives of others.

1. Demonstrate love and care. We all need to feel that we are loved and cared for every now and then.
2. Make them feel they deserve happiness.
3. Show them acceptance.
4. Offer help.
5. Show them appreciation.
6. Help them find their passion.
7. Stay connected.

Hope is fueled by optimism and the belief that you have the power to make positive changes in your life, says Shane Lopez, Ph. D., author of “Making Hope Happen.” When giving others hope, focus on helping them define realistic goals, offering support and being a hopeful person yourself.