Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2026).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version_2000_plan_summary | Listed plan count | Count of Global Plans listed separately in WCD. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Listed plan count % | Percentage of listed plans in this category. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Marginal | Count of 'other' unlisted plans best identified with the Marginal megabloc. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Orthodox | Count of 'other' unlisted plans best identified with the Orthodox megabloc. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Other plan count | 650 global 'other' (unlisted) plans by six major ecclesiastical megablocs, 1900–2000. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Other plan count % | Percentage of other (unlisted) plans in this category. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Protestant | Count of 'other' unlisted plans best identified with the Protestant megabloc. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Roman Catholic | Count of 'other' unlisted plans best identified with the Catholic megabloc. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Total plan count | Total count of listed and unlisted Global Plans to 2000. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Total plan count % | Percentage of all plans in this category. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Type | Topics by which global plans are analysed: Scope of the plan, major type of ministy, level of cooperation, level of printed materials documenting the plan, level of resources expended, the plan's status in 2000, and the development level of the plan's main country. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Type name | Description of the level at which this plan is categorized. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Type value | Scale of values for each topic along which a global plan is categorized. |
| version_2000_plan_summary | Version 2000 Plan summary ID | Unique identifier (primary key) used by the database. |
| version_2000_plans | Cooperation | Original plan’s degree of cooperation with, or recognition of, or control or influence by, other ecclesiastical traditions, other Christians, other agencies, or (in the most advanced case) with the entire spectrum of all traditions, Christians and agencies. |
| version_2000_plans | Cooperation code | Original plan’s degree of cooperation with, or recognition of, or control or influence by, other ecclesiastical traditions, other Christians, other agencies, or (in the most advanced case) with the entire spectrum of all traditions, Christians and agencies. |
| version_2000_plans | Deadline | Year of final closure, if announced in this plan, or date when Endtime envisaged (a dash, -, means no such date proposed). |
| version_2000_plans | Initials | Initials or acronym for plan, if used, or for its originating church, agency, or organization (parentheses give alternate or additional names; hyphens elaborate entities within wider organizations; slashes separate cooperating agencies or organizations). |
| version_2000_plans | Ministry | Main type of outreach ministry of method set forth, proposed, emphasized, or envisaged, if any, or claimed by the sponsor of the plan, or on which this plan centers. This is a broad spectrum survey in which we report how sponsors see themselves relating to the Great Commission. |
| version_2000_plans | Ministry code | Main type of outreach ministry of method set forth, proposed, emphasized, or envisaged, if any, or claimed by the sponsor of the plan, or on which this plan centers. This is a broad spectrum survey in which we report how sponsors see themselves relating to the Great Commission. |
| version_2000_plans | Origin | Country of origin: Where this plan originated or was implemented; the country most associated with this plan. Note that the name given is that of the country at the time of origin, which in several early cases differs from its current name. |
| version_2000_plans | Plan Author | Name of author, originator, sponsor, chairman, executive, implementer, or most prominent individual. |
| version_2000_plans | Plan Name | Brief name for this plan. These plans are global in the sense that they encompass or envisage or refer to or in principle imply mission to the entire world. |
| version_2000_plans | Plan Status | In 2000, the status of plan as a global plan to implement world evangelization. Note that this variable refers to the status of the plan, which is not necessarily the same as the status of its sponsor. |
| version_2000_plans | Plan type | Scope of the plan, using a code graduating from the absence of human plans (0) to massively-detailed master plans (10). |
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