Time Magazine reports: A religious revolution is transforming Indonesia. Part of the spiritual blossoming entails Muslims embracing a more conservative form of faith, mirroring global trends that have meant a proliferation of headscarves and beards in modern Islamic capitals. More surprising, though, is the boom in Christianity — officially Indonesia’s second largest faith and a [...]
Tag Archives: Global South
Why Nepal?
8 February, 2010 – 9:20 PM
Prayer can penetrate anywhere. Long before we enter the valleys of Nepal prayer can be doing a concrete work in laying the foundations for the future kingdom. . . . When we have prepared the way with the Spirit of God in prayer, he will answer those very prayers in permitting us to occupy Nepal. [...]
The kingdom comes to Nepal
6 February, 2010 – 8:28 PM
John B shares some great news out of Nepal. Until recently Nepal was the world’s only Hindu kingdom. The mighty Himalayas and the fact that Nepal was a closed land until the middle of the twentieth century enticed many, but from 1881 to 1925 only 153 Europeans are known to have visited Nepal and none [...]
Oscar Muriu
27 May, 2008 – 9:40 AM
I’m off to Africa for the first time this month. Bob Roberts has invited me to a gathering of leaders interested in talking about Church Planting Movements. I think most of them are practitioners so I’ll be doing a lot of listening. Our host in Kenya is Oscar Muriu pastor of the Nairobi Chapel. Here’s [...]
China expels Christian workers
23 August, 2007 – 8:53 AM
According to one report the largest expulsion of foreign Christian missionaries since 1954 has been taking place in the lead up to the Bejing Olympics. Up to 100 foreign Christian workers and missionaries were expelled since February. Nobody knows exactly how many Christians there are in China – 50 million? 100 million? Bob Fu of [...]
Africa
9 May, 2007 – 2:40 PM
foto The facts of the expansion are beyond dispute. In 1900 Africa was firmly under the control of the colonial powers with a population of 108 million, of whom 8.7 million (9%) were Christian. The majority of those Christians were Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox. They were outnumbered by 34.5 million Muslims. A ratio of 4:1. [...]
Historian ahead of his time
20 March, 2007 – 8:33 PM
According to Christianity Today this man may be the most important person you don’t know. Andrew WallsChristianity moves southMissions
