Remember "Is God Dead?"

That was the question posed by Time magazine on its cover many years ago. Since then we've seen the emergence of the mega church. And we can expect to see much more.

At least that's what John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge think. They are the editor in chief and Washington bureau chief, respectively, of The Economist magazine. They've written a new book entitled "God is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith is Changing the World." In a recent Wall Street Journal article they made the following striking points excerpted and condensed below:

• Religion is a competitive business where organization and entrepreneurship count.
• Bill Hybels, of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL and Rick Warren, of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA, are "pastorpreneurs." Each church has multiple campuses and thousands of members.
• Church growth outside the U.S. is huge. The Yoido Full Gospel Church in South Korea is an excellent example. It has 800,000 members.
• In China there are an estimated 100 million Christians.
• China will soon be the the world's largest Christian country--and possibly its biggest Muslin country too!

Quick Vue. This video is excerpted from a sermon given in 2007 by Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church. The video's description states: "Scriptural truths, the message of salvation, Christ, and a little insight into Bill himself are unmistakably clear in this weekend message synopsis."