Christianity 2017: Five Hundred Years of Protestant Christianity

Throughout 2017, Protestants around the world will celebrate five hundred years of history. Although for several centuries the Protestant movement was based in Europe, then North America, from its Western homelands it eventually spread all over the world. In 2017 there are 560 million Protestants fo...

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Auteurs: Johnson, Todd M. 1958- (Auteur) ; Zurlo, Gina A. (Auteur) ; Hickman, Albert W. (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: Crossing, Peter F. (Autre)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage Publishing [2017]
Dans: International bulletin of mission research
Année: 2017, Volume: 41, Numéro: 1, Pages: 41-52
Sujets non-standardisés:B Pentecostalism
B Globalization
B Africa
B Distribution
B Evangelism
B Protestantism
B Mission
B Evangelicalism
B Statistics
B Global South
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Résumé:Throughout 2017, Protestants around the world will celebrate five hundred years of history. Although for several centuries the Protestant movement was based in Europe, then North America, from its Western homelands it eventually spread all over the world. In 2017 there are 560 million Protestants found in nearly all the world's 234 countries. Of these 560 million, only 16 percent are in Europe, with 41 percent in Africa, a figure projected to reach 53 percent by 2050. The article also presents the latest statistics related to global Christianity and its mission.
ISSN:2396-9407
Contient:Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2396939316669492