Nederlandse christenen met een niet-westerse migratieachtergrond

Samenvatting

For the first time, the study God in the Netherlands 1966-2024 has taken migration background into account in its analyses. This reflects the changes in Christian communities in the Netherlands as a result of migration since 1966. Around one million Christians with a migration background now live in the Netherlands. This article focuses on how the developments outlined in God in the Netherlands are affecting Christian communities with a non-Western migration background in the Netherlands. I highlight a number of themes that are relevant to these communities. For each theme, I summarize the information that can be obtained from God in the Netherlands, supplementing it with data from other studies and practical experiences. While many of the developments addressed in God in the Netherlands are relevant to non-Western migrant Christians, their starting point is different. First generation migrants are rarely socialized in a secular or secularizing society—they enter it at the moment of migration. This article highlights some of the implications of this.