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At present, some 95% of all Christian debate and discussion on these matters deals only with mission in the midst of the present Christian world. Another 4% concerns mission in the evangelized non-Christian world. Less than 1% of all thinking, discussion and action concerns mission among the unevangelized. The church's viewpoint is almost incurably self-centered. In our opinion, the greatest enemy of world evangelization is Christian rhetoric--the continual rhetorizing, playing the orator, discussing, arguing, the endless talking and preaching about evangelizing the world without any of the crucial implementation. The rest of the world would be relieved and grateful if all Christians would once and for all replace good intentions, rhetoric and broken promises with solid achievements.
Our mission is to (1) research the current status of the church and its progress in presenting the good news of Jesus Christ to the world; (2) communicate this information to the Body of Christ; and (3) advocate the least evangelized as the leading priority of world mission.
We accomplish our mission through continual research and monitoring, and through the publication of our research through several outlets, both in print and via electronic means. Perhaps our best known work is the World Christian Encyclopedia which documents globally the state of Christianity. The first edition in 1982 was acknowledged as the foremost reference work on Christianity. The second edition was published in January 2001 by Oxford University Press and is becoming available in most libraries.
Center for the Study of Global Christianity
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
130 Essex St., Box 201
South Hamilton, MA 01982
United States of America
Office: 978-468-2750
Fax: 978-646-4572
E-mail: csgc@globalchristianity.org
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