And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations (Greek “ethnos”), and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14 Paul - prototype cross cultural missionary: It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” Romans 15:20, 21
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And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations (Greek “ethnos”), and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:14
Paul - prototype cross cultural missionary:
It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
Romans 15:20, 21
We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ. Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand, so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man's territory.
2 Corinthians 10:14-16
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
Revelation 7:9
10/40 Window
Christians and the Unevangelized
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia
1 dot = 50,000 adherents. Blue dots represent Christians. Red dots represent unevangelized.
Legend
Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Country Share Christian Workers 0.05 or less
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.05 to 0.18
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.18 to 0.39
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.39 to 0.66
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.66 to 1.00
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 1.00 to 1.53
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 1.53 to 2.17
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 2.17 to 3.20
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 3.20 to 4.35
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 4.35
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion)
Highest Ratio (more than country’s portion)
< 1.0 (Has less than country’s fair share per person)
= 1.0 (Has country’s fair share per person)
> 1.0 (Has more than country’s fair share per person)
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Ratios of Countries’ Portions of the World’s Christian Workers on a per Person Basis
6.0 x proportionalshare
1.6 x proportional share
0.090
0.33
0.290.97
0.0097
0.034
0.022
Afghanistan 0.0035 x
proportional share
What if Lord intended equal access for all to Good News?
• America has 6 times our proportional share of pastors and ministers
• Of the 1,533,000 Christian workers in the U.S., 1.28 million or 83% of these Christian workers could perhaps become missionaries in another country in order to achieve global equity
Legend
Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Country Share Christian Income 0.005 or less
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.005 to 0.024
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.024 to 0.078
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.078 to 0.150
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.150 to 0.420
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.420 to 0.610
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.610 to 1.000
Country Share Christian Income greater than 1.000 to 2.430
Country Share Christian Income greater than 2.430 to 5.200
Country Share Christian Income greater than 5.200
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion)
Highest Ratio (more than country’s portion)
< 1.0 (Has less than country’s fair share per person)
= 1.0 (Has country’s fair share per person)
> 1.0 (Has more than country’s fair share per person)
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Ratios of Countries’ Portions of the World’s Christian Income on a per Person Basis
7.4 x proportionalshare
0.51 x proportional share
0.017
0.0083
0.0491.3
0.0018
Afghanistan 0.000072 x proportional
share
Legend
Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Disciple Offers per Person per Year 4 or less
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 4 to 19
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 19 to 120
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 120 to 265
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 265 to 345
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 345 to 440
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 440 to 483
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 483 to 528
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 528 to 557
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 557
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Fewest
Most
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Number of Evangelism Offers per Person per Year
368
268
16
13
562
<1<1
Afghanistan 0.03
2
29
Non-Christians Who Know a Christian
From Atlas of Global Christianity
Responsiveness to Evangelism
From Atlas of Global Christianity
Least Reached = Unreached (People Group)
From: JoshuaProject.net
• Less than 2% evangelical Christian
• Less than 5% Christian adherents
• People group = people with common language, culture, and understanding
These are real people
These are not just numbers
See (The Unreached -) “Did You Know?”, second from the top, video
at <http://www.joshuaproject.net/unreached-videos.php
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia
Cross-cultural Missionaries per Million
From: Todd M. Johnson & Mission Frontiers Magazine, June 2000;
Stan Park, Ethne ’06
Missionary Distribution
Missionary Presence
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia
Percent Unevangelized Per Country
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia
People groups that have not heard the Gospel.
Countries with the Most Unreached People Groups
India
China
PakistanBangladesh
Nepal
India 2332 2082
China 499 406
Pakistan 401 386
Bangladesh 370 336
Nepal 315 292
Country # Peoples # UnreachedPeoples
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia
Unevangelized Population(in millions)
Majority of the Unevangelized World
1 India 344,000,000
2 China 262,000,000
3 Pakistan 144,000,000
4 Indonesia 68,600,000
5 Iran 48,700,000
6 Thailand 34,100,000
7 Algeria 32,900,000
8 Morocco 30,900,000
9 Bangladesh 30,000,000
10 Afghanistan 26,000,000
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia
Countries with Largest Populations of Unreached People
Great Commission Prioritization of Countries
Note: Most of the purple nations are (small) islands
Data Source: Advocates for the Unreached
Legend
Major Lakes
Countr ies - ISO Link Code
Prior itization Score 18.2 or less
Prior itization Score greater than 18.2 to 24.0
Prior itization Score greater than 24.0 to 28.6
Prior itization Score greater than 28.6 to 35.0
Prior itization Score greater than 35.0 to 42.7
Prior itization Score greater than 42.7 to 49.5
Prior itization Score greater than 49.5 to 61.6
Prior itization Score greater than 61.6 to 74.0
Prior itization Score greater than 74.0 to 81.9
Prior itization Score greater than 81.9
Unclassif ied Features
World Oceans
Lowest Priority
Highest Priority
• 1948 less than 1 million believers.1948 less than 1 million believers.
• 2013 over 75 million believers. 2013 over 75 million believers. Most all of the growth has been in Most all of the growth has been in the last 35 years.the last 35 years.
• Over 12,000 new Chinese believers Over 12,000 new Chinese believers every day! The great need is for every day! The great need is for pastoral training.pastoral training.
* China ** China *
Dramatic Recent Progress
Dramatic Recent Progress
Amidst an oppressive, anti-Christian regime
* Developing World Missions Initiatives ** Developing World Missions Initiatives *
The fullness of the Gentiles brought in and the grafting back The fullness of the Gentiles brought in and the grafting back in of the natural branches beginning? (Romans 11)in of the natural branches beginning? (Romans 11)