Paul - prototype cross cultural missionary:

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 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


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 5.200


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)


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


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 557


World Oceans

Fewest

Most


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

>

http://www.joshuaproject.net/unreached-videos.php

http://www.joshuaproject.net/unreached-videos.php

World Population Foreign Missionaries


Cross-cultural Missionaries per Million

From: Todd M. Johnson & Mission Frontiers Magazine, June 2000;

Stan Park, Ethne ’06

Missionary Distribution

Missionary Presence


Percent Unevangelized Per Country


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


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


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 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)

10/40Window

Nigerians: 15,000 Nigerians: 15,000 missionariesmissionaries

Estimated missionaries sent by various Estimated missionaries sent by various countries over the next 15-20 years.countries over the next 15-20 years.

Latin Americans: Latin Americans: 21,000 missionaries21,000 missionaries

Filipinos: 10,000 Filipinos: 10,000 missionariesmissionaries

Koreans: 30,000 Koreans: 30,000 missionariesmissionaries

Chinese: Chinese: 50,00050,000missionariesmissionaries

Each of us is a piece of the puzzle.

Every follower of Christ has the

responsibility and joy of participating in the

Great CommissionFrom: Let the Nations Be Glad PowerPoint file at <http://www.joshuaproject.net/great-commission-powerpoints.php>

http://www.joshuaproject.net/great-commission-powerpoints.php

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