There is a new edition of Operation World, the definitive prayer guide for every nation and people group on earth. Here’s a few interesting facts from the first twenty five pages. The world’s population nearly doubled between 1970 and 2010. 63.2% of the worlds Christians are in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. About 10% of [...]
Category Archives: Trends
Saving Europe
4 November, 2011 – 10:13 AM
Finally, an explanation of the European crisis that makes sense.
7 billion reasons
1 November, 2011 – 2:02 AM
Here are his estimates of the trends in population growth and the changes in religious identification since 1900. Note the incredible rise of Pentecostal/Charismatic movements (includes African independent churches and Chines underground house churches) which has taken place predominantly in the developing world where the population is growing fastest.
Building a bridge for Muslims
20 October, 2011 – 3:54 AM
The latest Movements podcast is an interview with Kevin Greeson, author of The Camel. He describes a simple method of identifying Muslims who would like to know more about Isa (Jesus). It’s non confrontational and has been effective in many different contexts around the world. Some great insights on building bridges for sharing the gospel, [...]
China soon to be the largest Christian country on earth.
3 October, 2011 – 4:16 AM
Tim Gardam reports for the BBC on Christians in China. Chairman Mao once described religion as “poison”, and the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 70s attempted to eradicate it. Driven underground, Christianity not only survived, but with its own Chinese martyrs, it grew in strength. More people go to church on Sunday in China [...]
The Camel
5 September, 2011 – 7:58 PM
Somewhere in the Muslim world, a stranger walks into a mosque and seeks out the imam. He has come with questions for about the Qu’ran’s teaching on various topics. He wants to know what the Qu’ran says about the prophet Isa (Jesus) and the Injil (New Testament). He has questions about the prophet Mohammed, and [...]
Chill winds blow over the Arab spring
9 August, 2011 – 9:36 PM
Greg Sheridan forecasts a gloomy future for the Arab spring. Last week there was a demonstration in Cairo by many thousands of Islamists. The Egyptian economy is in free fall. The latest polls show the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots would score spectacularly well in a parliamentary election In Tunisia, the economy is in trouble [...]
Here we go again
6 August, 2011 – 1:02 AM
Who knows what is going to happen with the world economy. There is one economist who has it figured. The problem is we don’t know which one. So what if our model of mission—domestic and international—is based on the continuing prosperity of the West, especially of the US? What happens if the US dollar keeps [...]
Our African future
24 June, 2011 – 3:18 AM
According to Auguste Comte, demography is destiny. If he’s right, the future is African. By October this years there will be 7 billion of us on the planet. Sometime around 2025 world population will reach 8 billion. We’re not talking about more of the same. Europe is shrinking. Africa is exploding. Africa’s population has almost [...]
Bible sales surge in China
17 June, 2011 – 10:51 PM
Sales of bibles in China are at record levels. There is only one company licensed to print bibles in China—the government-owned bible printing house which has 600 workers flat out printing 1 million bibles a month. The company has recently printed its 80 millionth bible and is still struggling to keep up with demand. China’s [...]
