Research
Mapping where most people live in 2025
Researchers at the Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), a part
of The Earth Institute, have developed a high-resolution map of
projected population change for the year 2025. From 2006 Science Daily.
Statistics on food and hunger
Hunger kills more people annually than: AIDS, malaria, TB combinedHungry in USA: 1 in 10Hungry children in USA: 1 in 5Amount of food wasted each year in USA: 96 billion poundsHat tip: World Vision Radio
Mauritius and the ICT pillar
One of the laments that I have had through the years is the incredible sluggishness with which many African countries have embraced information and communication technology (ICT). I have for several years envisioned the possibilities of a thriving business process outsourcing (BPO) business in Africa akin to that of India, especially for the Francophone [...]
Roman Catholic missionary orders parallel Protestant and global trends
The Jesuits had 19,564 members in 2006, 19,850 in 2005. In 2006 they confirmed a 16-year-long downward trend in the order’s vocation, which is losing 200 to 300 people per year. Median age is 57. In 2006, LAM 2,957; NAM 3,034; Europe 6,447; Asia 5,698; Africa 5,698. Growth was seen in Asi aand Africa, and [...]
The Tribes of Africa
Westerners often find themselves thinking in terms of nations and states, so we talk about Rwanda, or South Africa, or Zimbabwe, or Egypt, or Sudan. But there are two other layers of equal importance: tribes and cities. This post is a series of links to tribal maps.
1700s - http://www.gracegalleries.com/Africa_Listings.htm – a collection of rare maps [...]
How to: unearth trends in France
As promised, here is the analysis of France. This European nation is significantly different from Afghanistan, and holds many opportunities for the Gospel despite our common perception of France as a Godless nation.
Jesus in China
PBS’s Frontline will be doing a show called “Jesus In China”
next week, around June 24 and 25. The show will focus on the growth of
the Christian Church in China.
You can presently see what time/station it will be on in your area. The church in China is
growing faster than in any other country, in any [...]
Uncovering trends in Afghanistan
I wrote yesterday about how to calculate growth trends. Our topic today is how to interpret growth trends for a country. Remember the four variables of growth:
* Natural - births minus deaths plus immigrants minus emigrants.
* Conversion - converts to a religion minus defectors
* Total - Natural plus Conversion
* Growth Rate - how fast a [...]
Tom Sine’s Four Streams
Tom Sine defines four new streams of Christianity “with an Anabaptist accent”: emerging, missional, mosaic and monastic. Missional “is little more than buzz” at the present. However, what interested me was the description of the new monastics who have little interest in church planting yet are moving into cities all over the world, living in [...]
Things will get better
At least that’s what Ray Kurzweil believes. His Law of Accelerating Returns that has been used to accurately predict technological inventions for the future. An excellent article would apply his theories to missions.
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