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To: LLCF who wrote (2951)	9/7/2009 3:07:22 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 69300

I provided data and facts and it didn't make a dent in your bias. There's lots more of it out there. >>>> As Christianity in the West has been either holding steady or declining, the Church in Asia, AFRICA, and Latin America has been on the rise. In fact, according to Scottish missiologist Andrew Walls, there has been a “massive southward shift of the center of gravity of the Christian world.” ?? Roughly 2/3 of all Protestants live outside Europe and North America (Miller). ?? In 1965 the Christian population of AFRICA was around 25%. In 2002, it was 46% (Miller). ?? According to World Christian Encyclopedia, there are 2 billion Christians in the world, 560 million in Europe, 480 million in Latin America, 360 million in AFRICA, 313 million in Asia, and 260 million in North America (Jenkins). <<< maclellan.net >>> Churches in Latin America, India and China experience explosive growth By Editorial Staff Published December 2007 OXFORD, England (WEIS) – A broad analysis of trends in world evangelization by the international director of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization predicts the largest response to the Gospel between now and AD 2000 will be in Latin America, India and China. Tom Houston of Oxford, England, estimates that by AD 2000, there could be 50 million new believers in Latin America, 40 million in India, and 30 million in China. .... <<<< forerunner.com The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity amazon.com The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South amazon.com African Reformation: African Initiated Christianity in the 20th Century amazon.com