August 2010

August 4, 2010

Discover how you can make your move to the unreached

Guest post by Brian Russell “If God wills the evangelization of the world, and you refuse to support missions, then you are opposed to the will of God.” –Oswald J. Smith I learned a pretty crazy statistic the other day. You see, I work for the missions organization, Pioneers, and statistics can be overwhelming and [...]

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August 3, 2010

Family

Each year, over 45 million babies are born in Christian households, and 93 million to non-Christian households. Since annual converts to Christianity number 15 million, but annual defections number 12 million, the nett conversion growth is just 3 million per year. That means births to Christian families is presently the primary driver in the growth [...]

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August 3, 2010

The future of China is not Communism

McClatchy blog: China Rises: there are 78 million members of the Party, with a 2 million increase in membership from 2008-2009. However, China is adding 17 million new babies per year. The Party is not keeping up: and as a consequence it is aging. The latest estimates I have on Christianity are that it exceeds [...]

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August 2, 2010

Albania

Albania is the focus country for Southern Europe (which we covered last week). It is a small country on the Adriatic Sea just east of Greece. Three quarters of the land is ruggedly mountainous and often inaccessible from the outside. The climate varies from fairly mild on the ocean side to cold and snowy mountains.Albania [...]

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