Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2026).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version_2000_plans | Plan Type code | Scope of the plan, using a code graduating from the absence of human plans (0) to massively-detailed master plans (10). |
| version_2000_plans | Plan Year | Year of origin of plan—year proposed, year announced, year begun, year of initial implementation. |
| version_2000_plans | Print code | Is there any printed description of this plan? How significant is literature concerning it? |
| version_2000_plans | Publication | Is there any printed description of this plan? How significant is literature concerning it? |
| version_2000_plans | Resource | General order of magnitude of total resources of mission-related personnel and finances actually employed or expended, or actually made available for implementing this plan during its lifetime, or during its heyday, or (in current plans) potential future lifetime. |
| version_2000_plans | Resource code | General order of magnitude of total resources of mission-related personnel and finances actually employed or expended, or actually made available for implementing this plan during its lifetime, or during its heyday, or (in current plans) potential future lifetime. |
| version_2000_plans | Status code | 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 | Tradition | Ecclesiastical tradition or confession or family related to this plan, or that of author. This is the best or first single adjective by which the plan and its sponsors would primarily describe its affiliation or stance. |
| version_2000_plans | Unevangelized % | Percentage of the world’s population, at year of plan’s origin, which was unevangelized (unaware of Christianity, Christ or the gospel). |
| version_2000_plans | Unevangelized ratio | Unevangelized per Christian: Total unevangelized persons in world divided by total Christians in world, at year of plan’s origin. This ratio is a measure of the relative difficulty of the unfinished task at the time the plan was first put forward. |
| version_2000_plans | Version 2000 Chronology ID | ID of the entry in Chronololgy table that this plan relates to. |
| version_2000_plans | Version 2000 Plans ID | Unique identifier (primary key) used by the database. |
| version_2010_city | Capital city | 1 = this is a capital city. |
| version_2010_city | Christians | Number of Christians in this city in 2010. |
| version_2010_city | Christians % | Christians as a percentage of this city's population in 2010. |
| version_2010_city | City level | City (level 1) and sub-cities (level 2). |
| version_2010_city | City Name | Name of this city. |
| version_2010_city | City sort | Sorts sub-cities under their parent city. |
| version_2010_city | Denomination note | Notes relating to denominations in the city. |
| version_2010_city | Evangelized | Number of evangelized in this city in 2010. |
| version_2010_city | Evangelized % | Percentage of persons in this city who have had adequate opportunity, or opportunities, to hear the gospel and to respond to it, whether they respond positively or negatively by 2010. |
| version_2010_city | Note | Additional descriptive data for this city. The code 'F=' refers to the date in which the city was founded (earliest date of known settlement). |
| version_2010_city | Parent City ID | The city of which this sub-city is a part. |
| version_2010_city | Pop 2005 | Population in this city in mid-2005. |
| version_2010_city | Pop 2010 | Population in this city in mid-2010. |
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