The Rise of the Global South

Global Christianity has been experiencing an unprecedented historical transition from the West to the non-Western world. The leadership of global Christianity has taken on a new face since the twentieth century. Christendom in Europe and America has experienced a great decline while there has been a rise in Majority World Christianity. Churches in the Global South have given their voices to global Christianity through their leadership, world mission movements, and theology. The phenomenal church growth has risen from the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement. Pentecostalism has become the dominant force in global Christianity today. The Rise of the Global South examines the significance this shift has had on global Christianity by going through the history of Christianity in the West and the causes of the shift.

Elijah J. F. Kim is President of Pathos Foundation in Boston, which was established for the revival and awakening movement in America. He is also president of the Elijah International World Mission Institute in the Philippines. He is an organizer for the Manila International Mission Conference in collaboration with the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches.