Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher

Chair, Theological Commission, World Evangelical A

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Mar 28, 2013
WEA Makes Call for Help for Syrian Christians; 2.3M Christians Flee in Mass Exodus From Syria
The mass exodus of the 2.3 million Christians from Syria is not a secondary matter. Of the previous 60,000 Christians in Homs, less than 1,000 remain. Christians are being killed and tortured while their women are being raped and their churches destroyed.
Mar 14, 2013
Election of Pope Francis: Affirmation of the Church's Shift to the Global South
By means of the decision to elect a non-European, the Catholic Church has clearly accepted and given prominence to the fact that the center of gravity of world Christianity has shifted to the global south. Although popes from Poland and Germany were already a step away from Italy, the new step is away from Europe entirely, to the regions where the masses of Christians live.