The Shift of the Center of Gravity of the Church from the West to the Majority World
Almost everywhere throughout the Majority World (MW), that is Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Christianity used to be called the ‘white-man's religion’. But that is the case no more—the church has exploded all over the MW. In this paper I would like to look...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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| In: |
Transformation
Year: 2022, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 77-85 |
| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion KBM Asia RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
majority world churches
B Theological Education B Worldviews B Identity B Supernatural B Asian Christianity |
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| Summary: | Almost everywhere throughout the Majority World (MW), that is Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Christianity used to be called the ‘white-man's religion’. But that is the case no more—the church has exploded all over the MW. In this paper I would like to look at this shift in Christianity worldwide, and what implications it has for the global church, and especially for us in Asia. My purpose here is not to highlight the weaknesses of the Western church and to glorify the growth of the churches in the MW. Rather my hope is that this will help us have a clearer understanding of the challenges before us so that we can labor more fruitfully for the advance of the gospel in the Asian context. In the process I will also raise questions which hopefully will help point the way forward. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8931 |
| Reference: | Kommentar in "The Shift of the Centre of Gravity of the Church from the West to the Majority World: A Response (2022)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Transformation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/02653788221082019 |