Christianity (in New Zealand) is not under threat from other religions as much as from itself. The biggest change in the Census was in those professing no belief, many of whom might well have had a Christian upbringing or at least exposure to the various churches. How the mainstream, niche and Pentecostal Christian churches exhibit their faith and the teachings of their founder in an increasingly secular, as much as pluralistic, society is the greater challenge.
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