The United Nations recently released an update on the 2050 world population estimates. While there is some degree of uncertainty with such numbers, here is a glimpse at the new possible reality: The population will increase by 1 billion people in the next 15 years. The population will increase to […]
United Nations
The United Nations has declared June 20 World Refugee Day. I have decided to use this post to bring this matter to your attention. I believe the international migration of peoples (which includes refugees) is a major global reality shaping the face of the Church. The following is an excerpt […]
World Refugee Day
The United Nations released a new report this morning stating that there are now more refugees and internally displaced persons in the world since 1994. You may find the related article here. The world is now home to 45.2 million displaced persons. Excluding what has taken place in Syria, here […]
New Record High Number of Refugees and IDPs
The United Nations has declared today World Refugee Day, so I have decided to use this post to bring this matter to your attention. I believe that the international migration of peoples is one of the most influential social realities on the Church today and in all likelihood will continue […]
World Refugee Day
I want to take a moment to turn our attentions to the urban world in which we presently live. While just under half of the world’s population lives in rural areas, just over half live in urban contexts. We live in an urban world. The global trends project that we […]