And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations (Greek

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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 2414
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
1520, 21
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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 1014-16
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
79
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10/40 Window
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Christians and the Unevangelized
1 dot 50,000 adherents. Blue dots represent
Christians. Red dots represent unevangelized.
From Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG
2006, Malaysia
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1.6 x proportional share
0.034
6.0 x proportional
share
0.0097
0.090
0.022
0.33
Data Source World Christian Trends, Barrett
Johnson
0.29
0.97
Afghanistan 0.0035 x proportional share
Lowest Ratio (less than countrys portion)
lt 1.0 (Has less than countrys fair share per
person) 1.0 (Has countrys fair share per
person) gt 1.0 (Has more than countrys fair share
per person)
Ratios of Countries Portions of the Worlds
Christian Workers on a per Person Basis
Highest Ratio (more than countrys portion)
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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

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0.51 x proportional share
7.4 x proportional
share
0.017
0.0018
0.0083
Data Source World Christian Trends, Barrett
Johnson
0.049
1.3
Afghanistan 0.000072 x proportional share
Lowest Ratio (less than countrys portion)
lt 1.0 (Has less than countrys fair share per
person) 1.0 (Has countrys fair share per
person) gt 1.0 (Has more than countrys fair share
per person)
Ratios of Countries Portions of the Worlds
Christian Income on a per Person Basis
Highest Ratio (more than countrys portion)
9
268
2
368
16
lt1
lt1
13
562
29
Afghanistan 0.03
Fewest
Data Source World Christian Trends, Barrett
Johnson
Number of Evangelism Offers per Person per Year
Most
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Non-Christians Who Know a Christian
From Atlas of Global Christianity
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Responsiveness to Evangelism
From Atlas of Global Christianity
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Least Reached Unreached (People Group)

• Less than 2 evangelical Christian
• Less than 5 Christian adherents
• People group people with common language,
  culture, and understanding

From JoshuaProject.net
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These are real people
These are not just numbers
See (The Unreached -) Did You Know?, second
from the top, video at lthttp//www.joshuaproject.n
et/unreached-videos.php gt
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World Population
Foreign Missionaries
From Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG
2006, Malaysia
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Cross-cultural Missionaries per Million
From Todd M. Johnson Mission Frontiers
Magazine, June 2000 Stan Park,
Ethne 06
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Missionary Distribution
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Missionary Presence
From Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG
2006, Malaysia
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Percent Unevangelized Per Country
From Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG
2006, Malaysia
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People groups that have not heard the Gospel.
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Countries with the Most Unreached People Groups
Country Peoples Unreached Peoples
India 2332 2082
China 499 406
Pakistan 401 386
Bangladesh 370 336
Nepal 315 292
China
Nepal
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
From Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG
2006, Malaysia
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Countries with Largest Populations of Unreached
People
Unevangelized Population (in millions)
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
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Data Source Advocates for the Unreached
Lowest Priority
Note Most of the purple nations are (small)
islands
Great Commission Prioritization of Countries
Highest Priority
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Dramatic Recent Progress
China

• 1948 less than 1 million believers.
• 2013 over 75 million believers. Most all of the
  growth has been in the last 35 years.
• Over 12,000 new Chinese believers every day! The
  great need is for pastoral training.

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Dramatic Recent Progress
Amidst an oppressive, anti-Christian regime
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Developing World Missions Initiatives
10/40 Window
Estimated missionaries sent by various countries
over the next 15-20 years.
The fullness of the Gentiles brought in and the
grafting back in of the natural branches
beginning? (Romans 11)
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Each of us is a piece of the puzzle.
Every follower of Christ has the responsibility
and joy of participating in the Great Commission
From Let the Nations Be Glad PowerPoint file at
lthttp//www.joshuaproject.net/great-commission-pow
erpoints.phpgt