The new geographic “center“ of Christianity has shifted slightly. Anyone want to guess where the global geographic center of Christianity is now located?
No, it’s not Vatican City.
No it’s not some football stadium sized sanctuary in Texas.
No, it’s not in South Korea, South Africa, or Southern Jerusalem.
The wonderfully revealing new global center-point for Christianity, the new center of gravity for the Christian religion, is . . . Timbuktu.
That’s right, Timbuktu in Mali. Can anyone locate Timbuktu on the map? Timbuktu is the ultimate, classic definition of “the middle of nowhere.”
What better place to locate the heart of Christianity?
Where is the hope and love of Christ needed more . . . than in the midst of all our “nowheres?”
The good news is that from its central poin…