2008-03-27T15:10:30-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/global+christianity/ http://lausanneworldpulse.com/research.php/196/01-2006 2008-03-27T15:10:30-05:00 Over the past one hundred years global Christianity has experienced a profound southern shift in its geographical center of gravity. Whereas in 1900 over eighty percent of all Christians were from Europe and North America, by 2005 the proportion had fallen to under forty-five percent. http://lausanneworldpulse.com/perspectives.php/110/12-2005 2008-03-26T11:45:24-05:00 For more than two thousand years, the Church has worked to fulfill the Great Commission of our Lord. By 2000, more than 73.09% of the world has heard the gospel. Yet there are still more than 1.8 billion people who have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ.