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The Middle East/West Asia. Protestant denominations are few and small, and many struggle with nominalism. They likewise face pressure and persecution, although in a number of countries they are growing. Interdenominational relationships have not always been smooth and gracious. Pray for unity, strength and revitalization. Believers from a Muslim background (BMB/MBB) are growing in number […]

East Asia. The Church in East Asia is one of remarkably contrasting situations. In South Korea, it is a large and influential minority, an integral part of South Korean society. In North Korea, it is an underground movement hunted down and reviled by the autocratic regime. In Japan, it is insignificant in size but respected. […]

The Middle East/West Asia. Protestant denominations are few and small, and many struggle with nominalism. They likewise face pressure and persecution, although in a number of countries they are growing. Interdenominational relationships have not always been smooth and gracious. Pray for unity, strength and revitalization. Believers from a Muslim background (BMB/MBB) are growing in number […]

The resurgence of non-Christian world religions increasingly influences politics, restricts religious freedom, heightens inter-ethnic divisions and affects Christian outreach and strategy. Islam is a faith undergoing several crises. It remains robust and growing at its fringes in Africa, Europe and parts of Asia, while closer to home, cracks in the facade reveal deeper fault lines […]

Unprecedented levels of migration, globalization and mobility change the composition of entire countries. These are occurring in many regions and in different ways: The oil-rich states of the Middle East receive millions of economic migrants from poorer regions of Asia – other Arab nations, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Populations in countries such as the […]

Church growth in Asia continues to be remarkable; for its sheer scale, for its unprecedented occurrence in previously unevangelized nations and regions and, in many areas, for how long it has been sustained. Some of the greatest growth in the past decade or two has been in China, India, Nepal, Iran, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam and, […]

Church growth in Asia continues to be remarkable; for its sheer scale, for its unprecedented occurrence in previously unevangelized nations and regions and, in many areas, for how long it has been sustained. Some of the greatest growth in the past decade or two has been in China, India, Nepal, Iran, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam and, […]

We are witnessing the resurgence of indigenous peoples and their fight for recognition, greater autonomy and self-determination. From Arctic to tropics to Antarctic, natives were routinely exterminated, subjugated and swindled out of their lands and rights. In many regions this struggle took on violent overtones – Guatemala, Peru, Mexico – while in others it has […]

Sikhism, originating in northwest India, is one of the more recent world religions. Many Sikhs have migrated to other countries – Canada, East Africa, the UK, Southeast Asia. Few Christians have ever sought to understand their religion to find ways of sharing the gospel. Christians from a Sikh background remain relatively few, but this is […]

Muslims live largely in the great arc of territory stretching from West Africa through the Middle East, Central Asia, to Indonesia. Their growth in the past 100 years has been rapid – from 12.3% in 1900 to 22.9% in 2010. Most numerical growth is through higher birth rates. Conversion growth is greatest in West Africa, […]