Events 1910 to Present

Map showing Religious events from 1910 to Present

1.	Protestant	1929 Kenya	Kikuyu Circumcision Controversy
2.	Orthodox	1917-18 Russia	Patriarchate
3.	Orthodox	1918 Russia	Soviet government decree on the separation of church and state
4.	General	1920s Brazil	Growth of Umbanda (Afro-Brazilian religion)
5.	Protestant	1922 Dornakal	V.S. Azariah consectrated first Indian Bishop in the Anglican Church
6.	Protestant	1923 China	Formation of Protestant National Church in China
7.	Orthodox	1924 Turkey	Dissolution of Ottoman state and caliphate
8.	Protestant	1934 Germany	Creation of the Confessing Church and Barmen Declarration
9.	Ecumenical	1940 France	Foundation of Taizé
10.	Ecumenical	1947 India	Foundation of Church of South India
11.	Ecumenical	1948 Geneva	Foundation of World Councils of Churches
12.	General	1948 South Africa	Afrikaner Nationalist party comes to power in South Africa – expansion of apartheid system
13.	General	1949-51 China	Expulsion of missionaries from China
14.	Orthodox	1953 Bulgaria	Recognition of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by the patriarchate of Constantinople
15.	General	1958-1964 USSR	Anti-religious campaign under Khrushchev
16.	General	1960 South Africa	Sharpeville Massacres – growing importance of South Africa Council of Churches in the anti-apartheid struggle
17.	Catholic	1962-65 Rome	Second Vatican Council
18.	Catholic	1960s Latin America	Rise of Liberation Theology and Basic Ecclesial Communities
19.	Orthodox	1971 Egypt	Anba Shenonda III consecrated Pope of Alexandia
20.	Orthodox	1971 Turkey	Closure of Halki Seminary, Princess Islands, Sea of Marmora
21.	Catholic	1978 Mexico	Puebla Conference – Preferential Option for the poor
22.	Protestant	1980s Argentina	Rise of the Neo-Pentecostalism e.g. Universal Church of God
23.	Protestant	1982 South Africa	World Alliance of Reformed Churches declares apartheid a heresy
24.	General	1989 Germany	Fall of the Berlin Wall