State of the Gospel

State of the Gospel

the Gospel is just fine

I.Where we are now A Global Faith

Majority Religion

Christian Islam Hindu Buddhist Non-religious

The World’s Christians

Muslim dot layer mapThe World’s Muslims

The World’s Buddhists

The World’s Hindus

0.00% 1.00% 2.00% 3.00% 4.00% 5.00%

non-Religious

Buddhist

World

Christian

Hindu

Traditional ethnic

Muslim

Evangelical

Annual Growth Rate of World Religions

Christians and the Unevangelized

Percent Unevangelized Per Country

I.Where we are now The Western Church

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2010

Pacific

North America

Europe

Latin America

Asia

Africa

World Christianity – Continent by Continent

ASIA

NORTH AMERICA

AFRICA

PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

EUROPE

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

WHAT PERCENT OFCHRISTIANS ARE

EVANGELICALIN FAITH?

Evangelicals in Europe

Post-Christian Europe

Anti-Christian Europe?

I.Where we are now The Majority World Church

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Pacific

Europe

North America

Latin America

Asia

Africa

World Evangelicals – Continent by Continent

3%

CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONARIESWHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

The World’s Mission Force

West

Majority

World

70%?

1 Mongolia 222

2 Lebanon 295

3 Singapore 400

4 Niger 451

5 Nepal 458

6 Sri Lanka 479

7 Spain 512

8 Faeroe Is 533

9 Mali 608

10 Thailand 633

How many Christians to send 1 missionary?*

*includes only Protestant, Anglican and Independent

II. The Task Remaining

Geography and Population

Majority Religion

Christian Islam Hindu Buddhist Non-religious

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

And this Gospel

of the Kingdom

shall be preached

as a testimony

to all nationsnationsand then

the end will come

Matthew 24:14

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II. The Task Remaining

Unreached Peoples

Others 600Buddhist 1000

Tribal2000

Hindu 2700

Muslim4100

Muslim Hindu Tribal Buddhist All Others

Unreached People Groups

Countries with the Most Unreached Peoples

India

China

PakistanBangladesh

Nepal

India 2332 2082

China 499 406

Pakistan 401 386

Bangladesh 370 336

Nepal 315 292

Country # Peoples # UnreachedPeoples

Chinese Hui

Fulani People

Marsh Arabs

II. The Task Remaining

Imbalanced Sending

World Population Foreign Missionaries

Missionary presence

II. The Task Remaining

Strategic Issues

Population Under 15 Years Old

Priorities

Mobilizing

Sacrifice

Partnership

Prayer

III. Getting The Job Done

When man works, man works;

When man prays, GOD works.

Data from:

Operation World

World Christian Encyclopedia

U.S. Center for World Mission

Joshua Project

Global Mapping International

Contact Information:

jason@operationworld.org