Evangelical Christianity has seen rapid growth in the world at large and growth in the developed world. Evangelical Christianity and the developed world Evangelicalism and conservative Christianity in the United States Michael Brown wrote: “ Several decades ago, church statistician and demographer Da...
Heaton AndersonProfessor of Mission and Pentecostal StudiesAllanProfessor of Mission and Pentecostal StudiesInternational Bulletin of Missionary Research
History of Development of Christianity in China In 635, the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Li Shimin (599 - 649) of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), Nestorianism, which was considered as a heresy to Christianity at that time, came to China. Nestorianism once had a strong growth. In...
the particular valorisation their most emblematic actors show towards the State of Israel, garnering significant media attention, I seek to understand the reasons behind this appreciation that publicly emerged less than a decade ago. These reasons are linked to the growth of Pentecostalism in Latin ...
Over the past 30-40 years there has been a steady growth in the academic literature concerning the relationship between sport and religion, particularly Christianity (see Watson & Parker, 2012a). What this article sets out to do is to map the key features of this relationship focusing specifica...
Maybe it’s investing in relationships, personal growth, or service. The Dangers of Overworking Solomon’s warning also highlights the dangers of overworking in the relentless chase for financial gain. While hard work can be honorable, it should not come at the expense of your health, relationshi...
Choosing and using a wide-margin Bible for spiritual growth OnNovember 12, 2018BygeochristianInChristianity2 Comments "Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." – Psalm 119:105 ESV Among my most-treasured possessions are a small stack of wide-margin Bibles that I have be...
The birds to be saved are northern spotted owls, one of the most famous subspecies protected by the Endangered Species Act and an icon of environmental conicts in the Pacic Northwest and across the nation. Spotted owls make their homes in the old-growth forests of this region, into which ...
The fundamental task facing the churches is not making converts or ‘church growth’, let alone attempts to enforce Christian morality on our fellow citizens. The real challenge is to live in the secular world, not into some separate spiritual sphere. The world is not ‘a vale of tears’ ...
Our recent experimental data, reviewed herein, exploring the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) induction of the negative transcriptional regulator, forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3), indicate that its expression is signaled by the T-cell growth factor IL-2. Once expressed, FOXP3 functions to restrict ...