Global Christianity

In 1900, 80% of all the world's Christians lived in either North America or Europe.  One hundred years later, this is no longer the case.  Mainline denomination churches in America have been in decline for many years.  European churches carry little influence and may be nearly empty on Sunday mornings.

Today, about 60% of all Christians in the world live in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.  In Great Britain there are at least 15,000 Christian missionaries evangelizing the locals, and most of them are from Africa and Asia.

Yoido Full Gospel church in Seoul, Korea, had 6 times as many worshipers attending this week as the ten largest churches in Canada combined.

The largest Christian European church congregation is in Kiev, Russia, and its pastor is from Nigeria.

More Catholics worshiped yesterday in the Philippines than in any European country.

This is from The New Shape of World Christianity, by Dr. Mark Noll, Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, formerly of Wheaton College.

Closer to home:  when my son's (American) college roommate decided to get seminary training, he chose a seminary in Africa.