The research team at the World Christian Database works hard to measure evangelism throughout the world. The evangelism data is collected through numerous sources and normalized to standard definitions. The field descriptions state whether the data is associated with a county data, city, or people. A summary of the available fields is listed below.
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Data Field Label |
Field Description |
| Evangelization |
E 2000 |
E (population evangelized) for a given people group in a given country, 2000 |
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E% 2000 |
E (% population evangelized) in a given people group, 2000 |
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Evangelism Responsiveness |
Responsiveness to evangelism for a given people group |
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E 2000 |
E (population evangelized), 2000 in a given city |
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E% 2000 |
E (% population evangelized), 2000 in a given city |
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Offers per capita pa |
Offers per year per capita in the country |
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Offers per day |
Offers (disciple-opportunities) per day in the country |
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Year begun |
Year first Christians resident in a given country |
| Response |
Baptisms pa |
Newly baptized persons per year in a given country |
| & Growth |
Church Growth% pa 1900-2000 |
Annual church growth in a given country 1900-2000, % p.a. |
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Cost per Baptism |
Cost-effectiveness: $ cost per baptism for a given country |
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Evangelism Response |
Responsiveness to evangelism in the country |
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New Christians% pa |
New Christian percentage of affiliated Christians in the country per year. Based on affiliated Christian population in 1990 and 2000 plus death% and with adjustment for exceptional emmigration patterns. |
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Offers pc pa |
offers (disciple-opportunities) per capita per year |
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Target Code |
Targeting variable (T, 1-10) for a given people group |
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Unevangelized 2000 |
Unevangelized population for a given people group, 2000 |
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Unevangelized% 2000 |
% of a given people group's population unevangelized, 2000 |
| Worlds A B C |
World A |
Population of World A individuals for a given people group, 2000 |
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World ABC |
A=Less than 50% evangelized, B=50% or more evangelized, C=60% or more Christian for a given people group |
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World B |
Populatio of World B individuals for a given people group, 2000 |
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World C |
Population for a given World C individuals for a given people group, 2000 |
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World Evangelization Code |
3-fold trichotomy: A, B, C for a given people group in a given country |
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World A 2000 |
Country's World A individuals, 2000 |
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World ABC |
A=Less than 50% evangelized, B=50% or more evangelized, C=60% or more Christian for the country |
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World B 2000 |
Country's World B individuals, 2000 |
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World C 2000 |
Country's World C individuals, 2000 |
| Ministries |
Agencies |
Mission agencies present (0-5) in a given people group |
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Agencies code |
Code of mission agencies present (0-5) in a given people group |
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Agency Note |
Names or initials of mission agencies working among a given people group |
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Alien Chr Code |
Code of alien Christians (of another culture resident among a given people group, 0-10) |
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Alien Christians |
Alien Christians (of another culture resident among a given people group, 0-10) |
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Cross Cultural |
Cross-cultural mission (0-16) |
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Mass Evangelism |
Mass evangelistic campaigns (0-5) for a given people group |
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Mass Evangelism code |
Numeric code for mass evangelistic campaigns (0-5) for a given people group |
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Work Among |
Work among (agencies at work: 0-10) for a given people group. |
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Work Among code |
Numeric code for work among (agencies at work: 0-10) for a given people group. |
| % Evangelized |
E% 1900 |
E (% population evangelized), 1900 in the country |
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E% 1970 |
E (% population evangelized), 1970 in the country |
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E% 1990 |
E (% population evangelized), 1990 in the country |
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E% 2000 |
E (% population evangelized), 2000 in the country |
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E% 2025 |
E (% population evangelized), 2025 in the country |
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E% 2050 |
E (% population evangelized), 2050 in the country |
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External E% |
Evangelized by Christians from outside the country |
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Internal E% |
% Evangelized by population's Christians for the country |
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Unevangelized Pop 2000 |
Unevangelized persons in the country |
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Unevangelized% 2000 |
Unevangelized as a % of the country's population 2000 |
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Chr Gain pa 2025 |
Christian births + converts in a given country in AD 2025 |
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Chr Growth% 2025 |
Growth rate of the Christian population in a given country, in percent per year from AD 2000 to 2025 |
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Chr Loss pa 2025 |
Christian deaths + defectors in a given country in AD 2025 |
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E 2025 |
Persons evangelized in 2025 in the country |
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E% 2025 |
E (% population evangelized), 2025 in the country |
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New Chr pa 2025 |
Net new Christians in the country in AD 2025 (Christian births + converts - Christian deaths - Christian defectors) |
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Outreach per Chr 2025 |
outreach per Christian = (E-C)/C for the country 2025 |
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Chr Gain pa 2050 |
Christian births + converts in a given country in AD 2050 |
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Chr Growth% 2050 |
Growth rate of the Christian population in a given country, in percent per year from AD 2025 to 2050 |
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Chr Loss pa 2050 |
Christian deaths + defectors in a given country in AD 2050 |
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Chr Pop 2050 |
Total all Christians in 2050 in a given country |
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E 2050 |
Persons evangelized in 2050 in the country |
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E% 2050 |
E (% population evangelized), 2050 in the country |
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New Chr pa 2050 |
Net new Christians in the country in AD 2050 (Christian births + converts - Christian deaths - Christian defectors) |
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Outreach per Chr 2050 |
outreach per Christian = (E-C)/C for the country 2050 |
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Chr Growth% 1900 2000 |
Exponential church growth, % per year, for period 1900-2000 |
| Film & Broadcast |
Broadcast Note |
Names or initials of radio broadcasters beaming programs to a given people group |
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Christian Broadcasting |
Countries broadcasting Christian programs in a given language (0-8) to a given people group. |
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Christian Broadcasting Code |
Countries broadcasting Christian programs in a given language (0-8) to a given people group. |
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Jesus Film |
'Jesus' Film availability for a given people group in a given country. |
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Jesus Film code |
Numeric code for 'Jesus' Film availability for a given people group in a given country. |
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TV Note |
Names or initials of TV broadcasters beaming programs to a given people |
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Chr Broadcast Audience% |
Regular audience in a given country for Christian programs, % of country population |
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Chr Station Audience% |
Audience for Christian programs via Christian stations, % of country population |
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Secular Station Audience% |
Audience for Christian programs via secular stations, % of country population |
| Persecution |
Christian Safety |
Christian Safety Index for a given country, 0-100 |
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Martyr pa |
Annual average 1950-2000 in the country |
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Martyrs |
Martyrs ever (less background martyrs) in the country |
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Religious Liberty |
Religious liberty or persecution for the country Religious liberty or persecution for the country Religious liberty or persecution for the country |
| Mission Status |
Agency Peoples |
Total agencies-in-peoples for a given country |
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Mission Agencies |
Foreign mission agencies present in the country |
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Mission Index |
Current status of country's foreign missions, 1-7 |
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Service Agencies |
All service agencies in the country |
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Service Agencies per M |
All service agencies per million population for the country |
| Strategies |
Global Plans |
Plans to evangelize globe (less 'other plans') for a given country |
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Priority Peoples |
Total top priority target peoples (T=1) for the country |
| Futures |
Christian Prospects |
Outlook for a given country during 21st century, Bleak, Dull, Static, Fair, or Bright |
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Church Growth Index |
Index growth relative to demographics for a given country |
