THE GOSPEL GOES GLOBAL (1980-2000)
How God Saved Civilization - Chapter 20
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE, The Gospel Goes Global

TIME LINE

30 - 500 Gospel overtakes Roman Empire

500 - 1300 Western Europe and Central Asia evangelized

1300 - 1700 Roman Catholic Missions spread Christianity

1700 Protestant missionary began to spread gospel

1900 Korea didn't have a single Protestant Church

1900 Only 10 million believers in Africa, approximately 3% of the population

1900 2/3 of world's 558 million Christians lived in Europe & N. America

1900 34.2% of Earth's population claimed to be Christian (includes nominal Christians)

1969 "Jesus Movement" began at Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa, CA

1970 Asbury Revival launched with a service that went continuously 8 days and nights

1975 - 1985 3,000 Methodist, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist churches closed in Britain

1980 - 1985 Number of small, new independent churches in Britain tripled

1980 - 1990 The "decade of the Protestant Reformation" in South American

1985 Believers in Africa had grown from 10 million in 1900 to 236 million

1987 Integrity Music began, touching off and tapping into a global "praise revival"

1988 - 1992 Number of missionaries from U.S. fell for first time in five decades

1991 University of Colorado Football Coach Bill McCartney launched Promise Keepers

1991 - 1999 Promise Keepers hosted 83 stadium events attended by 3.2 million men

1992 By conservative estimates, 28,000 were coming to Christ everyday in China

1992 Government officials concede that Chinese church grew 63 times over in 40 years

1992 21 Bishops took 5 hours to baptize 70,000 (line is 5K long!) in South Africa

1993 70% of the above evangelization has taken place since World War II

1993 Annual growth rate for persons becoming Christian in Albania hits 37% mark

1993 And 70% of the evangelization since World War II had occurred between 1990-93

1993 70% of all evangelization has taken place since 1900

1994 "Toronto Blessing" hits Toronto Vineyard, nightly services continued for years

1995 Continuous services began due to revival at Brownsville Assembly of God Church

1995 Toronto Vineyard excommunicated from Vineyard movement due to excesses

1995 Revival hits numerous college and seminary campuses

1996 Promise Keepers reached its peak, then experienced financial/attendance downturn

1996 - 1997 Percentage of American's attending church dropped by an unexplainable 5%

1997 Death of well known Healer/Pastor John Wimber, leader of 3rd Wave movement

1997 Korea had become 30% Christian, with over 4,000 churches in Seoul alone

1998 Integrity Music sold 40 million units in 140 countries without celebrity artists!

1998 World Prayer Center built in Colorado Springs

1999 Reconciliation walk occurs in Muslin countries where Crusaders traveled in 1099

1999 Famous Epheses stadium (Turkey) used for praise gathering like 2000 years before

2000 32.4% of Earth's 6 billions person identified with Christ (at least nominally)

2000 2/3 of Christians outside Western Europe and North America; opposite of 1900

2000 More Christians speak Spanish that any other language

2000 Philippine Evangelical Church Council reached goal of planting 50,000th church

2000 Approximately 160,000 killed for their faith in Christ every year

2000 An estimated 100 million were killed for their faith in Christ in last 100 years

2000 An estimate 200 million currently being persecuted and tortured for their faith

2000 500 magachurches (over 2000) in U.S.,new megachurch "born" every 2 1/2 weeks

2025 Projected that 50% of full-time missionaries will come from undeveloped countries

2050 Projected that 50% of Earth's projected 14 billion will live in megacities

2050 Projected that 160,000 non-Christians born every day in world's largest cities


WEBSITE LINKS:

Adherent statistics and congregations for over 4200 regions
American Coptic Association, updating on many persecuted persons
Asbury College, home of the 1970 8 day "Asbury Revival"
Barna Research Group - George Barna
Buddists in U.S., note the growing presence (Journal of Buddhist Ethics)
Calvary Chapel, originating point for the late 60's/early 70's Jesus Movement
Carlos Annacondia, prominent South American Christian leader
Christian Associates International, a European focused Missions organization
Concert of Prayer, led by David Bryant
Dr. David Cho, pastor of the world's largest church
Ed Silvoso, prominent South American Christian leader
Expansion of Christianity in Korea
First Nations - Richard Twiss, leader in Reconciliation among Native Americans
Hector Giminez, prominent South American Christian leader
Hindus in U.S.
History of the Argentine Revival
Integrity Music, largest provider of praise music
John Dawson, leader in the reconciliation movement
Lausanne Conference on Evangelism, a wealth of information regarding global evangelism
Martin Marty, professor and "mainline denominational" social analyst/critic
Muslims in U.S., growing rapidly, meet to discuss their role with government leaders
Omar Cabrera, prominent South American Christian leader
Pentecostal Methodist Church of Chile
Promise Keepers, major stadium events for men
Statistics of large cities such as Tokyo and Shanghai
Toronto Vineyard Church, location of the "Toronto Blessing," beginning in 1994
Yoida Full Gospel Church, largest church in the world
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