Since when is Christianity identified by race? We all believe in the same GOD, and their are many Nations with many people that come from all walks of life that worship GOD and I know that the GOD I believe in does not care what color we are.

Lets not put ism into our Christian theology. We would like it straight up and pure, please.

DJK24,

What, you're saying Jesus is the Rice of Life?

With the growth of the church in Asia (China, Korea, Philippines, India, etc) it can be conservatively shared that there are probably 200 to 300 million Asian believers. I don't think the church can be classified as "black". I do think that we will be eating rice not bread in heaven.

Hume, perhaps the reason why you have never seen any transparent Christians is because you are primarily focused on attacking them. Try a better method; when you meet a Christian consider inviting them to share what they think instead of asserting what you think they think. Maybe if you hang around Christians enough you'll even figure out how to be a good evangelistic atheist. Hang out a little longer still, and maybe you might even discover the evangel.

Dr. Kwok Pui Lan seems to be reading the European numbers as cultural Christians (Anglicans baptized at birth) considering they have a higher percentage of atheists then America according to recent polls.

I also do not understand why the title reads, "Face of Christianity Will Soon be Black" considering according to the current numbers Latin America will be tied with Africans. I also wonder why they did not figure in Asians since the largest church in the world is in Soul Korea.

The last stats that I read on church growth in America were a few years ago, it said that the fastest growing churches were The Church of God in Christ and its sister church, the Assemblies of God. Both tend to go back and forth for the number one postition. It is some kind of wonder why church growth experts turn toward the Crystal Cathedral rather than Pentecostal churches for working strategies.

As explanation for Christianity’s boom in Africa, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia – the first African general secretary of the World Council of Churches – said late last year that Christianity is not seen as a “part-time” occupation in Africa in comparison to the United States, but rather “permeates the whole life.”

Actually, the problem is that Christianity is treated as an occupation.....period.
Church leadership would rather count the number of buildings they have as opposed to the numbers of souls they have.

As a Body we need to learn how to take care of one another while we are out on missions to convert souls to Christ.

I've never seen any transparent Christians, but I guess that would make sense, wouldn't it?

Interesting article here. I always thought that Christianity wasn't identified by it's color but by the transparency of those who believe.