Twenty-five years ago, it was claimed that only two articles existed in missiological journals that directly considered children and mission together. This article updates and systematizes that research, analyzing the results in English-language publications decade-by-decade in conversation with other trends to better understand and engage with children and young people in the church, in the world, and in the academy. It observes that the number and quality of missiological research and writing related to children and mission in academic journals has greatly expanded over the past decades, even if there is room for further growth.

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宣教中的儿童在哪里？过去几十年的英文出版物

25 年前，据称在宣教期刊上只有两篇文章直接将儿童和宣教放在一起考虑。本文更新并系统化了该研究，逐个十年地分析了英语出版物中的结果，并与其他趋势进行了对话，以更好地理解和吸引教会、世界和学术界的儿童和年轻人。它观察到学术期刊中与儿童和宣教相关的宣教学研究和写作的数量和质量在过去几十年中大大增加，即使还有进一步增长的空间。