Updates

A chronology of world Christianity

The Chronology home page introduces subscribers to a comprehensive chronology of over 7,500 significant Christian and religious events from the birth of Christ to AD 2000.

Search for topics of interest by keyword or by year, or just browse through the centuries.

Chronology entries can also be found and viewed by topic through the "search" mechanism. Enter a term as usual into the seach box and follow the returned Chronology references.

We have revamped the Detailed Examples home page by adding new queries that illustrate the breadth of information in the World Christian Database.

One example is Buddhist peoples outside Asia which shows the impact of emigration (sorting on mid-2005 reveals the largest as the Vietnamese of the USA). Another approach is Muslim Peoples of Southern Europe, a filter that spotlights Muslim peoples in a particular UN region.

Both of these examples can be adjusted by changing criteria (another religion or another region).

In addition, we have continued updating church membership figure for mid-2005 as published reports increasingly become available to replace projections from earlier years.