Global Christianity

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Center for the Study of Global Christianity

What is the Value of Research to Missions?

Learn more about the importance of research as it relates to missions in the article, "Research Fuels the Missions Movement" by David B. Barrett & Justin Long. This is one of several articles located in our online archives.

Johnson Cited in Article Concerning UN Report

Todd Johnson, Director of the CSGC, is cited extensively in an article dealing with a report on religion and urbanization by the UN in the Raleigh Biblical Recorder.

The Center for the Study of Global Christianity is a research center that serves as a resource for faculty, students, alumni, visiting religion scholars, church leaders, missiologists and journalists seeking empirical information and analysis on the global Christian movement.

For a snapshot of global Christianity, view the one-page annual statistical table - Status of Global Mission.

World Christian Encyclopedia

One of the Center's foremost priorities is the continual development of the databases of the World Christian Encyclopedia. The heart of the WCE is a series of 238 chapters on the status of religion and of Christianity in every country in the world. Statistical tables show, in great detail, the religious breakdown of the population and the Christian denominations of every country.

World Christian Database

The World Christian Database (WCD) is based on the award-winning World Christian Encyclopedia and World Christian Trends. This extensive work on world religion is now completely updated and integrated into the WCD online database - designed for both the casual user and research scholar. This database transforms current religious statistics into a real-time analysis tool. Discounted subscriptions are available for individual Christian missionaries and pastors.

World Christian Trends

World Christian Trends is a 952-page companion volume to the World Christian Encyclopedia that includes a first-ever empirical survey of Christian martyrdom, historical trends, future projections and finance. Included in this volume are a variety of charts, tables, and lists.

Other Resources

World A: The least evangelized peoples in the world

Global Data: Diagrams, tables, lists, and commentary on the state of the world and Christianity

Archives: View past materials on global Christianity

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