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>>Is first-world Europe now a "foreign mission," in the way that third-world countries were in the previous centuries? Yes! As a Lutheran, I know Lutheran miss
by benjohnson 9y ago
>>Is first-world Europe now a "foreign mission," in the way that third-world countries were in the previous centuries?
Yes! As a Lutheran, I know Lutheran missionaries from Shenzhen China and Ethiopia who are here in the US.
China is (unoficially) close to being the largest Christian country in the world, and there's more Lutherans in Ethiopia than in the United States.
- Slansitartop 9y ago> China is (unoficially) close to being the largest Christian country in the world Do you have any reliable information on this?
- benjohnson 9y agoI don't thing there is going to be reliable information - the Christians in China keep their heads down for good reason as they've been slaughtered in the past. Here's a good explanation of how the numbers are always going to be suspect: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-estimates-of-the-number-of-Chinese-Christians-vary-so-much https://www.quora.com/Why-do-estimates-of-the-number-of-Chin... That said, I've encountered so many devout Chinese Christians that I suspect that they numbers are higher - and given China's population, if only 15% were Christian, it would probably be the largest. I think we also have to be careful with numbers too in the west - some people say there's 200 million Christians in the US. But I suspect a lot of them just tick off the box on the survey and haven't set foot in a church for years.