Source: Lausanne Movement, August 23, 2022
Africa is the most Christian continent in the world today. Hallelujah! In the year 2018, for the first time in history, there were more Christians in Africa than on any other continent in the entire world. The continent now has well over 670 million Christ-followers.
It gets even more impressive—by 2050 there will likely be more Christians in Africa (1.25 billion) than in the current second and third place contenders, Latin America (705 million) and Europe (490 million) respectively, combined.
No doubt, the nature of global Christianity will be shaped by the African majority, from missiology and theology through public policy to international relations. The future of the global church is African. But what sort of Christianity will Africa offer and bequeath to the world?
[Our] big dream is that every African Christian, continental and diasporic, will be imparted with vision and be empowered to transmit the gospel of Jesus Christ in word, deed, and power right where they are and beyond.
Read the rest of the article, adapted from the introduction to the authors’ new book about African mission efforts entitled Africa to the Rest.
By the way, you might find it interesting to see how some African countries have fared on the Good Country Index (this link is to the 2022 report). This research has been gathered since 2014 and this TED talk will help you understand the method. I’m wondering why Kenya went from ranking number 30 in 2014 to number 67 in 2022.