Ecumenical Meeting to Assess Global Christianity

Ocotber 04, 2011: Global Christian Fellowship will be holding an ecumenical gathering in Indonesia from Oct. 4-7, to assess recent changes in Christianity across the world. Some 275 leaders of the Global Christian Fellowship will gather evangelical, Pentecostal, mainline Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians in Manado, Indonesia on Tuesday to assess recent changes in global Christianity, reports The Washington Post.
“We plan to examine the global trends that are changing Christianity, listen to the reports of developments and struggles of the church in various regions of the world, and discuss how our fellowship can be strengthened for the purpose of our common witness,” said the Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, a Global Christian Fellowship organizer.
Rumors of the demise of Christianity are premature, he said, especially across Africa and Asia.
“The fact is that today there are probably 560 million Pentecostals, meaning one out of every four Christian is of a Pentecostal background,” said Granberg-Michaelson.
“Christianity in Africa in the last 100 years has grown from just a few million to 375 to 380 million (adherents), making Christianity in Africa the fastest-growing center of Christian witness, he said.