the changing face of global Christianity ....

FROM THE NEXT EVANGELICALISM soong-Chan Rah,IVP 2009

global Christianity is changing its demographics but western/white Christianity is unable/unwilling to grasp the implications of this change (p.13)

1900 = 82% of Christians were European or North American; by 2005 that number drops to 39%;by 2050 it will drop to 29% ... on the rise are African, Asian,& Latin believers who make up the balance ... and these numbers do NOT reflect the fact that a majority of N.A. Christians will be non white ... GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY IS CLEARLY NONWHITE! (p.13)

Immigration does not reflect the de-Christianization of N. American culture but the de-Europeanization of American Christianity (p.14)

CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH:
Martin Luther = the established church stranglehood on sacraments at the expense of faith and grace = Babylonian Captivity = doctrinal captivity
... captivity of the church = defining the church by an influence other than Scripture .... other captivities = societal,gender,tradition, suburban, (p.21)