Jason Mandryck, co-author of Operation World presents at the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Malaysia on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006.
Posted on 09/29/2006 6:30:20 AM PDT by xzins
Mission Expert: Evangelicalism Fastest Growing Religious Movement
By Jennifer Riley Christian Post Reporter Thu, Sep. 28 2006 03:32 AM
Young Christian leaders from around the world listened to a mission expert present about the rapid growth of evangelicalism, especially in the global South, at a Lausanne gathering in Malaysia this week.
Jason Mandryck – co-author of the mission prayer guide Operation World – presented on the status of the Christian faith around the world Tuesday during the plenary session “State of the Gospel” at the Younger Leaders Gathering.
Nearly 500 young leaders from over 110 countries have gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for six days, Sept. 24-30, for Christ-centered leadership development. The Younger Leaders Gathering is a ministry of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization where emerging leaders in churches, ministries and the marketplace ages 25-35 convene to learn new leadership skills, strengthen their spiritual life, and form networks with other young Christian leaders around the world.
Mandryck, as part of the session’s feature presentation, pointed out that although Christianity has barely kept pace with world population growth over the last century, evangelicalism is “far and away the fastest growing major religious movement in the world today,” as reported by Lausanne.
Evangelicalism is growing twice the pace of Islam and three times as fast as the overall world population according to Mandryck.
He indicated that a significant growth of evangelicalism is seen in the global South such as Brazil, China, Bangladesh and Nigeria which have “exploding” Christian populations.
According to Mandryck, the Mongolian church is now the most efficient missions force, sending one missionary for every 222 Christians.
“For the first time in my life, I heard that Mongolia is the most efficient mission sending country,” said Tim Im of South Korea to Lausanne. “For me being Korean I was very embarrassed; I thought we were the most efficient.”
Furthermore, the churches in the global South, from China to Nigeria, are now increasingly aiming to spread the gospel and close the gaps of the 10/40 window.
“When they showed the information on the reached and unreached it really touched me and showed me that we have much more work to do,” said Nnaji Chukwuemeka Bidwell of Nigeria who serves on the Nigeria Fellowship of Evangelical Students.
The session was followed by an extended time of prayer for the expansion of the church worldwide.
“I believe the older generation has slipped away from the idea of mission, but now I believe God is using a younger generation to renew the church’s commitment to mission,”
The Lausanne Movement was formed in 1974 during a meeting of 2,500 Christian leaders for Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Switzerland. Lausanne has helped launch numerous mission initiatives, organizations, and provided more than 30 Lausanne Occasional Papers which help church and mission leaders understand current missiological issues.
Jason Mandryck, co-author of Operation World presents at the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Malaysia on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006.
Humbling, isn't it....
"Furthermore, the churches in the global South, from China to Nigeria, are now increasingly aiming to spread the gospel and close the gaps of the 10/40 window."
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If this area can come to the TRUTH we won't need a war on terror.
One of the joys in my life is to be able to donate to Gospel for Asia. It is inspiring to hear what they have to deal with, but the numbers of people coming to the LORD keeps growing.
Praise the LORD!
Question: I'm curious where these folks are coming from.
Are the ex-muslims, formerly unchurched, is it a really high birthrate? I imagine Mongolians are former Buddhists.
Just curious
“For the first time in my life, I heard that Mongolia is the most efficient mission sending country,” said Tim Im of South Korea to Lausanne. “For me being Korean I was very embarrassed; I thought we were the most efficient.”
It's not a problem with me, not a problem at all, if the church is less Eurowhite in the coming century(s).
And, apropos of nothing much, our little city (25K) has a nunnery of black Nigerian RC nuns, sent over as missionary from Nigeria to the benighted rural midwest.
Tim Im.
Mongolia was Communist for several generations, so the general belief system is probably official atheism with an underlay of traditional Shamanism and some vaguely Buddhist characteristics.
The current CIA World Factbook page on Mongolia says that it has approximately 3 million people and that 6% of them are Christian.
That would be something like 180,000, I think. It did not have a denominational breakdown.
Buddhism was still the largest religion (50%) and "none" was in second place (40%).
Thanks!
No problem. You asked a fair question.
Wonderful news. We preach Christ risen, who gathers His sheep from all the world, changing that world for the better, one new heart at a time.
Post-millennialism. 8~)
I knew you'd bring that up. :>)
See, even that is positive. 8~)
Good news is good news no matter how it is viewed....so I pinged you anyone.
(Wasn't I going to be anathema? :>)
Calvinists forgive because they know ultimately they're powerless to change people's minds.
As frustrating as that may be. 8~)
Amen and precisely so!
Ann Coulter gets it right, yet again.
Same with us CTA's.
A denomination of one. 8~)
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