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Jun 28, 2024 · The literature on Asian Christianity has expanded substantially over the past thirty years, and there has been a marked increase in quality books that focus on individual countries and on new developments, such as the growing visibility of women, the rise of Pentecostalism, Asia-wide overviews of Christianity, and Christianity’s relationship to Asian religions more broadly.
5 days ago · Earlier this year, the Centre for the Study of Global Christianity, reported Asia as having one of the fastest growing Christian populations in the world, with more than 415 million Christians now living in Asia. Christianity in the region has grown at a rate of 2.11 percent since 2020 and is steadily forming a larger share of the global church ...
Jun 28, 2024 · A New Blueprint for Chinese Churches: Beyond the Four Walls. In a rapidly urbanizing China, some houses of worship are taking inspiration from the Bible while rethinking local architectural ...
4 days ago · Christianity - Missions, SE Asia, Pacific: Missionaries also evangelized regions throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The first missions to Vietnam were undertaken in the 16th and 17th centuries by Dominicans and Jesuits from Portugal and France.
Jun 17, 2024 · About half of Christians in South Korea say they are born-again or evangelical. Smaller shares of Christians in Vietnam (44%) and Hong Kong (36%) give the same answer. In South Korea, older Christian adults are more likely than those under 35 to say they are evangelical (54% vs. 38%).
Jun 17, 2024 · The rate of religious conversion in East Asia is among the highest in the world: Half of adults in Hong Kong and South Korea have left the religion they were brought up in for another religion...
4 days ago · Paradoxically, the end of “established Christianity” in the old sense resulted in the most rapid and widespread expansion in the history of Christianity. The Christianization of the Americas and the evangelization of Asia, Africa, and Australasia gave geographic substance to the Christian title “ecumenical.”.
