The Bible and preaching the Faith in China

[Hesychios]

An interesting observation…

The Bible ─ A Thermometer for Evangelical Work

                               In 1949, the Protestant Christian Church had 700,000 faithful, while the Catholic Church had 3.5 million. In 2006, the Protestant Christian Church published some 40 million different editions of Bibles for their 16 million believers, while the Catholic Church published 2.1 million Bibles for her 5 million believers. This number of believers are just the official figures provided by the government, which tend to be moderate. The actual number of believers could far exceed these figures.

Surprising trends.

Any thoughts?



Pax et Bonum,
Michael

 

[T700]

An interesting observation…
Surprising trends.

Any thoughts?

http://www.hsstudyc.org.hk/en/images/main_01.jpg

Pax et Bonum,
Michael

My work deals a lot with statistical analysis of business trends. From that background, I’d suggest caution in drawing any conclusions from this data.

I understand what you’re getting at, that there is a correlation between the number of bibles printed and growth of the Protestant movement in China, but I really don’t think it is that simple. There are many, many, factors that could influence the numbers. Are the publishing statistics symptoms or causes or unrelated entirely? There simply isn’t any way to determine what’s going on without additional data points and careful examination.

All that said, we should pray for the conversion of the Chinese people to the true faith.

Paul

 

[Vanessa]

There are two Catholic churches in China, the one sponsored by the Communist government and the one faithful to the pope. So who was counted in your statistics?