What is Community?

For a growing number of individuals in the world, where they call home, what home looks like, and who their neighbors are is dramatically changing.

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The number of international migrants has increased in all UN regions, with the Europe, Asia and North America as the primary destinations.

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Despite high migration numbers, Christian migration is not anticipated to affect regional religious affiliation percentages between 2020 and 2050 due to the balance between immigration and emigration.

Total number global refugees saw a marked rise after 2010. The increase of the refugee populations continues to be strongly influenced by regional conflicts and geopolitical events.

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Young people from China and India dominate the global international student population.

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The world is now majority urban. Asia and Africa are driving global urbanization.

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Young people from China and India dominate the global international student population.

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Human movements have emerged as one of the defining issues of our times as more people now live in a place other than where they were born than at any time in recorded history.

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If indeed two-thirds of the world by 2050 will be living in cities, and predominantly in the cities of Africa and Asia, further reflection is needed for the church on those emerging dynamics.

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Historically, Christianity has been used to both justify and fight against ethnicism.

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Key Information People on the Move Urban Communities Ethnicism

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What is Community?

For a growing number of individuals in the world, where they call home, what home looks like, and who their neighbors are is dramatically changing.

The number of international migrants has increased in all UN regions, with the Europe, Asia and North America as the primary destinations.

Migration

Despite high migration numbers, Christian migration is not anticipated to affect regional religious affiliation percentages between 2020 and 2050 due to the balance between immigration and emigration.

Religious Migration

Total number global refugees saw a marked rise after 2010. The increase of the refugee populations continues to be strongly influenced by regional conflicts and geopolitical events.

Refugees

Young people from China and India dominate the global international student population.

International Students

The world is now majority urban. Asia and Africa are driving global urbanization.

Cities

Young people from China and India dominate the global international student population.

Informal Settlements

Human movements have emerged as one of the defining issues of our times as more people now live in a place other than where they were born than at any time in recorded history.

People on the Move

If indeed two-thirds of the world by 2050 will be living in cities, and predominantly in the cities of Africa and Asia, further reflection is needed for the church on those emerging dynamics.

Urban Communities

Historically, Christianity has been used to both justify and fight against ethnicism.

Ethnicism

Key Information People on the Move Urban Communities Ethnicism

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