According to Odia, (2014), the shift of the center of gravity of Christianity from Europe to the Global South over the last 100 years has been the most dramatic since the advent of Christianity 2,000 years ago. Quantitatively, Odia also speculates that this could be the largest change in religious affiliation ever, anywhere. Jenkins, (2002), defines it as a moment of transformation in the history of religion throughout the world: the last five centuries have kept Christianity inextricably linked in step with Europe and European-derived civilizations, particularly North America. However, this last century has seen an inexorable shift southward. Already today the largest Christian communities on the planet are found in Africa and Latin America. In 1900 Christians in Europe and North America represented more than 80% of the world's Christian communities, but by the end of the century these once-Christian centers contributed less than 40%, and in 2010 only 25%. Today, the non-Western world boasts the majority – more than 60% – of the world's Christian population. While some have heralded this as the beginning of Christianity's transformation from a primarily European religion to a truly global religion, others have noted that it is actually a reflection of the previous demographic situation: Christians from the Global South were the majority for the first 900 years. years of Christian history. “Christianity was born in Africa and Asia, and in our lifetime it will return home.” The idea of ​​a southbound Christianity is neither new nor unprecedented; already in the 1970s, European scholars such as Edward Norman and Walbert Buhlmann were discussing this important demographic change. And while proponents of secularization theory predicted...... half of the article......ty Press.Scott, David WM 2014. 'The Southward Shift In Christianity'. Blogs. Post from the border. http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2011/04/27/the-southward-shift-in-christianity/comment-page-1/.Tennent, Timothy C. 2010. Invitation to World Missions. 1st ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications.Van Buskirk, James Dale. 1931. Korea, land of dawn. 1st ed. New York: Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada. Walls, Andrew. 2000. “The Expansion of Christianity: An Interview with Andrew Walls.” Christian Century 117: 2--9.Walls, Andrew F. 1996. The Missionary Movement in Christian History. 1st ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.Walls, Andrew F. 1997. “Christianity.” In A New Handbook of Living Religions, 1st ed., 59-92. London: Penguin.Wijsen, Frans Jozef Servaas and Robert J Schreiter. 2007. Global Christianity. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Rhodopes.