Topic > The Next Christendom: The Coming of the Global World…

In his book, Jenkins states that in the near future we may see a new trend emerge where the nations of the South are actually converting and re-Christianizing the North! It states: “About one-sixth of the priests currently serving in American parishes, some 7,600 men, are foreign-born, with roots in Mexico, Nigeria, India, Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as Poland. One-third of U.S. seminarians studying for the priesthood are foreign born” (Jenkins 259). This is an astonishing statistic and shows the enormous impact that Southern nations are already having on Northern Christianity. It is happening now and even more so in the future, it is possible to see the South sending more and more missionaries to the Northern countries in the West and