Such places are also called creative access areas. 80 percent of the world's people have access to at least some portion of the Bible in a Our hope laid up in heaven includes forgiveness of sins, a dwelling in the kingdom of Christ, and an inheritance in light. This makes a dramatic difference when considering the scope of the Great Commission. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" 17Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. Malta Mauritania Heres the question. Its not just effective among one kind of humanity but will bear fruit among every single kind of humanity that it runs into all the unimaginable differences in the world that there are today and that there were then. It gets printed on t-shirts and stitched on bible covers. Korea (North and South) Kuwait Read what the Apostle Pauls response was to those who dont believe in God and why he says they have no excuse: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Here are some of the startling findings: For every dollar of Christian resources less than one penny is directed at reaching unreached peoples. and even impossible because of governmental restrictions. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. It simply says that the gospel, which has come to you Colossians, is the very gospel that is bearing fruit and increasing everywhere it goes in the whole world. But we are assured in Scripture that God will be worshipped by "a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language." The list is specifically about the ease with which believers can share the message of the Christian Bible and access the scriptures. They do update it every year, though, so hopefully we will see Iran removed from the list soon! Now that weve reviewed the timeless truths that God can reach people anytime, anywhere, we can answer the question of what happens to people who never hear the gospel. less than 2% Christ-follower and less than 5% Professing Christian? Thats correct! people. However, the 10/40 Window does contain huge blocs of people who, by any definition, Consider for example the 135,000,000 unreached Shaikh of Bangladesh, the 59,000,000 unreached Brahman of India, 58,000,000 unreached Yadav of India or the 37,000,000 unreached Java Pesisir Lor of Indonesia, most of the individuals in these groups and thousands of other unreached people groups are completely ignorant of the King of Kings. cultural sub-groupings, 550 million unreached Hindus in 1660 cultural sub-groups, 148 million unreached Chinese in 445 groups, 275 million unreached Buddhists in 900 groups, 2550 unreached tribal groups (which are mainly animistic) with a total population of 140 Bhutan Burkina Faso In other words, out of every $100 in the western church, only 10 cents goes to native missionaries working in unreached people groups. There is a chain of events which must occur in order. Using this definition, we discover that there are somewhere between 242 and 361 unreached people groups living in the United States right . Although these are only imaginary lines, they appear on maps and globes as if they When we repent of our sin and accept Jesus as our savior, He restores our relationship with God so that we might live with Him forever. While the Gospel has gone to every political country in the world, when Jesus commanded His followers to "make disciples of all the nations" in Matthew 28:18-20, He was not referring to political nations such as Canada, Kenya, Russia, etc. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. By putting them on the same list youre harming yourself and your testimony thats a LIE. lives within the 10/40 Window. The following two maps show the difference between a political country and the ethnic people groups in that country: The definition used by mission strategist for people group is "a significantly large grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity for one another because of their shared language, religion, ethnicity, residence, occupation, class or caste, situation, etc., or combinations of these." These workers represent the most effective missionary force ever seen, yet they only receive 10% of the resources given to evangelize unreached people groups. In terms of missionaries sent out, approximately 400,000 Christians are classified as missionaries. The use of latitude/longitude lines began more than I didnt know I was lost, but now I know that He is the true and the living God. Operation World presents data suggesting that after peaking in the mid-1990s the growth rate of both Christianity in general and Evangelicals (an approximation of true Christ-followers) has slowed significantly. (Joshua Project) 70,000+ people die everyday in the unreached world without Jesus. She is full of grace and grit, raw honesty, and truly believes tacos can solve just about any situation. As of Nov. 27, 2019, according to our calculations, the gospel has reached every living person on the planet. There, we seek to make disciples, multiply churches and provide humanitarian relief in ways that are biblically faithful and practically effective. window: As a quick bit of research will show, there are huge variations economically, culturally, Christian missions strategist Luis Bush started Later, the apostles all went into different directions to share the gospel. I have no idea. Half of the world's least-evangelized large cities are in the 10/40 Window. politically, religiously, ancestral heritage, population size, and climate-wise. If we are His disciples, then these commands are for us too. Iran Every single person needs to have the chance to hear the gospel, but many rural villages in the third world are not even being attempted to be reached, whether due to lack of support from the local church, lack of transportation to these areas (you won't find many paved roads . as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing.. The 10/40 Window region, where most unreached peoples reside, has some of the lowest internet penetration. Today the percentage of those who have not heard is about 28%; a major move forward. unreached people groups will go out into eternity never having heard he Gospel. That doesnt mean that those who serve among reached peoples are not worth honoring, but surely more than 3% of missionaries in the church should go to the over 3 billion people who never hear the gospel. These 50 unreached people groups are comprised of 1.48 billion souls. And also youre harming peolples trust in you and their testimony based on your not so right list. We cant ship 20 tons of bibles and Sunday school workbooks to Beijing, for example, because it would never get past port authorities. So, this is not a call to remove missionaries from other areas of the world and send them all to Every group is larger than 10,000,000 in population. In addition 60% of the worlds population is considered oral learners meaning their preferred learning mode is oral, not written. Its not amazing that only a few are saved (Matt 7:21-23; Luke 13); its amazing that anyone is saved. Theres nothing temporal about it. For example, Nigeria is one nation but has 540 different ethnic groups. It clarifies and defines the kind of gospel were talking about. I am from Iran and I can tell you that you are dead wrong by putting Iran under covert operations only. As of 2020 about 65% of the worlds population has internet access. Those who deny the obvious existence of God are only suppressing this knowledge, which means in the Greek, they are holding down by force this knowledge; therefore, they really are without excuse.. Possibly only about 15% of all Muslims worldwide personally know a Christian. United Arab Emirates Vietnam One sometimes hears the comment "Certainly most everyone has heard of Jesus by now. Before Jesus ascended up to heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father in glory, Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. online magazine produced by the Church of the Nazarene. Because we ship to distributors in port cities, we pack materials into cargo containers and ship about 20 tons at a time. Churches are spending approximately 99% of their missions resources in places that are already reached with the gospel. You can find her on GodUpdates, iBelieve, Crosswalk, Hello Darling, Focus On The Family, and in Brio Magazine. That means for mother-tongue speakers of those 1,800 languages no Scripture exists at all. Particularly among unreached peoples and places. Now that we know God is the Master Commissioner of saving souls, we can trust He will orchestrate, equip, and empower those to share His message with those whove never heard the gospel. The map was in their last newsletter, but you can also see it on their website. Well, the areas once ruled by the ancient Babylonian and Persian empires as well as much of Asia as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing., Now lets look at Colossians 1:23. And there is more than one command here. Another factor to consider here is native missionaries. Over 42% of the worlds population live in these over 7,400 people groups. missionaries in the 10/40 Window have become creative in how they evangelize and disciple He used that easy-to-remember Morocco Myanmar David received his Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and is the author of Dont Hold Back, Radical, Follow Me,Counter Culture,Something Needs to Change,Before You Vote, as well as the multiple volumes of the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. But these texts have dampened that urgency in me some. 178 & 244. 91 views, 2 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Apostles Lutheran Church: Proclaim the Victory! its not banned in my country. Individuals in these groups may have very limited, if any, access to the Gospel. So they have been labeled lol. All rights reserved. He is a mighty missionary, and he will be able to use these little small tracts in different areas. The quality of a whole culture may be changed when two percent of its people have a new vision." We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God' (2 Corinthians 5:20).Those who have heard the gospel and still reject God's offer of forgiveness are in grave danger: 'If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of . Whoever isnt reached in all nations still has no excuse, because they know God exists, but they simply exchanged that truth for a lie (Rom 1:21-23). This is not negotiable. There are many other ministries printing, shipping, smuggling, and carrying Gods word into these places as well. (World Evangelization Research Center) Christians make up 33% of the worlds population, but receive 53% of the worlds annual income and spend 98% of it on themselves. We recently received this note from a distributor based in South Africa: The Portuguese Bibles are all on their way to different parts in Africa. A list of 52 countries where the bible is illegal and/or severely persecuted: As mentioned, there are several good ministries doing this work. Unreached means that people dont have access to the gospel. 3. (Baxter 2007, 12). Out of those 400,000 only 1112,000about 3%are going to unreached people. of the rectangle and Asia forming the eastern end of it. Although there are a growing number of ministries that are beginning to raise funds for evangelizing the remaining unreached people groups, GCP is different in the fact that we work exclusively with unreached people groups. She lives in Minden, Nebraska with her kids, high school sweetheart, and three cats who are her entourage around the homestead. An average of 160,000 a day hear the message of redemption in Christ for the first time. The latest estimates suggest that approximately 7,400 people groups are considered unreached. Unengaged means there are definitely no missionaries, and in all likelihood no outreach, no church, no Christian materials, and few, if any, Bibles in these people groups. sometimes seen 10,000 new converts daily. Dont think youve embraced a little thing thats number one. And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation. It will continue to increase until Christians and churches decide to change how we use our resources. Related Resource: Listen to our FREE podcast, Teach Us to Pray with Christina Patterson. Nazarene Missions International resources, Unreached people group of the day (photo and description), 865 million unreached Muslims or followers of Islam in 3330 student, Most of the people groups unreached by the gospel live within a rectangular area stretching Scripture teaches that people arent sent to hell because they havent heard of the gospel, instead, the Bible teaches us they are tried, condemned, and sentenced to hell based on their sins. Together we can change that! For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. Thats why hes going to Spain. or, more specifically, three problems. Overall, the 10/40 Window represents a significant missions challenge and opportunity for the For a good study on this, click here. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. to reach unreached . (World Evangelization Research Center) How are we supposed to take the Gospel to the unevangelized if we dont even know about them? Therefore, about one out of three people in the world do not have online access to spiritual information and the message of the Messiah. Japan All Rights Reserved. I say that not only because they werent that ignorant they really werent that ignorant of the rest of the world but I say it mainly because Paul himself (we already saw this) said in Romans 15 that he was intending to proclaim the gospel in a vast region of Gaul, called Spain, where there hadnt been yet the preaching of the gospel. GCP is committed to being as transparent and open with our finances as possible. Of the 5.8 billion people in our world, 1.2 billion (around 20%) have yet to hear the Gospel. The Finishing the Task initiative suggests this number may be significantly lower. The majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs live in the 10/40 Window. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them (Rom 1:18-19). We hope to use these during the year in the villages of Kisumu rural areas where not many has bibles even the pastors who borrows from brothers who are privileged to have one. Men and women who have not heard the gospel are not sentenced to hell because they have never heard of Jesus. THUMB -- an acronym to remember the unreached peoples The 10/40 Window concept is one way of looking at the task yet to be done in world We are within range of penetrating every people group on the planet with the light of the gospel with more momentum than ever before in history. grace. World B is the 38% of the world's population that has access to the Gospel but the people in three groups they call World A, World B and World C. These "worlds" are not geographic areas but rather segments of the world's population. Some would argue, What about the innocent jungle native in the deep parts of the Amazon? My answer to them is, nobody is innocent (Rom 3:10-12, 23). There are almost as many different strategies as there are ministries, and its breathtaking to consider how the Lord orchestrates his plans: One ministry prints, another uses cutting edge digital technology, another collects and recycles discarded material. Unfortunately, the presence of a Christian building does not always correlate with that kind of freedom, but we hope and pray that it does in Iran! gone before us when we claim we are being persecuted for our faith in the U.S." Louise outright hostility. The ministry that created the map listed India as dangerous and/or difficult. So thankfully, not banned, but there are regions where it is difficult and/or dangerous to share the gospel. How Can I Recognize and Understand the Holy Spirit Better? According to the Joshua Project there are more than 4,000 people groups that are less than 2% Christian. It does not say that the gospel has reached to the ends of the world. 40% of the churchs entire global foreign mission resources are being deployed to just 10 oversaturated countries. Along with his wife and children, he lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area. In the original Greek, the word is etnos, meaning ethno-linguistic groups, or people groups. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan to focus attention on a specific area of the world where millions of people have little or no access Almost all of the world's 55 least-evangelized countries are in the 10/40 Window. Many areas in the 10/40 Window are places that Nazarene World Mission director Verne Now there is 1 unreached people group for every 1000 congregations. For in Him we live and move and have our being., The Bible appears to be saying each life on this planet ordained by God to be born exactly at the moment in history that gives them an opportunity to find and accept Christ. International Religious Freedom, "God forgive us when we cheapen the sacrifice of those who have If we are going to obey the Great Commission, the Great Imbalance needs to be rectified. Obviously, the answer would be to help the man by himself in the heavy end! Ultimately, though, the list is not ours, so we cannot change it. One reason is that in many 10/40 Window countries, open evangelism is difficult . two thousand years ago. Has The Gospel Now Been Preached To All Nations? Put another way, churches are spending approximately 1% of our missions resources among the 3 billion people in 7,000 people groups who havent heard the gospel. May we always be prepared and ready to share the gospel and may be reflections of Jesus in all that we say and do. After Jesus resurrection, He gave His disciples some marching orders. Even Saudi Arabia have heard of the gospel of Christ, what's remaining is the overall acceptance Re: Are There Countries, Places In The World Where The Gospel Has Not Been Preached? The statistics of the numbers of non-Christians can be staggering [ fate of the unevangelized ], "I will praise you among the nations, O Lord" -- Psalm 18:49. Is it close? The Lord doesn't want to leave anything to chance. While the percentage of the world who are unevangelized has decreased, the absolute number of unevangelized has increased. Why did he say that? But heres the problem . working to spread the gospel and meet the physical and spiritual needs of the people in the 10/40 The coin doesnt know about it being lost, he said that I am the same as the lost coin. (Baxter 2007, 12). We hear stories from our own distributors in India that suggest this is true. We can pray for missionaries, churches, and for God to use us to reach the unreached. It could be a missionary from your local church or it could be supporting organizations like Word on Fire whose mission is to get Bibles translated and into the hands as many people as possible around the world. nations in which they are working. Or, to state it in terms of people groups, over 7,000 of the worlds 17,000 people groups are classified as unreached. None of us have any excuse. The world population is increasing, including the population among unreached peoples and places. There is no way to know how long it will be; we can only know that it will be! Now, notice what that text does not say. Syria Taiwan These mission agencies use these definitions of reached and unengaged to help them strategise how to use their resources (people and money) most effectively so that every person on the planet will hear the gospel, whether through a local preacher or a missionary. Heres verse 23: you have been reconciled to God if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven yikes and of which I, Paul, became a minister., Now, thats a real stumbling block for lots of people to read in their translation in verse 23, that the gospel in the first century, halfway through the first century, has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven. And its amazing to me how many commentators try to squeeze that stunning statement into the first century and say something like, Well, really the gospel had reached to what the first-century people assumed was all creation under heaven. To which I delicately say, Baloney.. . global church to share the love of Christ with those who have never heard. "Faith comes from hearing.". - curiousdannii Jan 14, 2014 at 4:18 1 If you'd said that I would have agreed! After all, His ways are higher than our ways. Article Images Copyright . We can also help spread the gospel by using our social media accounts, sending a text, or supporting organizations whose sole mission is to spread the gospel. The equator is the "0" latitude line with all of the other latitude lines labeled in needing missionaries to cross cultural and language barriers to tell them about God's redeeming And it is estimated that 1.6 billion people have never heard the Gospel -- not even one time. Sadly, the 10/40 Window is also home to 8 out of 10 of the poorest of the earth's poor. This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. An unreached people group is "a people group within which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians able to evangelize this people group." Numbers: One village the 10/40 Window is also home to 8 out of 10 of the poorest of the earth's poor. So many people have yet to hear the Gospel because of three, primary things: Too few missionaries; Not enough funding; Lack of Scripture translations; Missionaries in Unreached Areas. Many of these, such as the United States, did not exist as entities when Jesus gave the command. The results of a 2019 Eurobarometer survey concluded that 64% of Europe's population believe in Christianity, . No, but does that mean God is not fair? political instability, and the influence of other religions. This is the reason why GCP works exclusively with native missionaries that are spreading the Gospel inside unreached people groups. This has been a troublesome question for many believers, especially when about three billion people on this planet are considered the unreached because they have little to no access to the gospel. That day is upon us now. While these percentage figures are somewhat arbitrary, "we should not underestimate the significance of the small group of people who have a vision of a just and gentle world. Someone is considered a missionary (for the sake of these statistics) if they have moved somewhere else for the spread of the gospel. countries where there are limitations, oppression and even severe persecution of converts to And youre invited into the work as well. Rather, hes saying, Thats the kind of gospel it is thats whats happening. Tiny countries like India and China have populations that are so immersed in the gospel, and the Bible, that many have heard it over 1,000 times, and have rejected it as much. Both of them are genitive singular, and thus clarifying. What Happens to People Who Never Hear the Gospel? The text on page 161 says "The disturbing truth is that there may still be nearly 2 billion individuals who have never had a chance to hear the Gospel. The point is that this gospel that you have believed, you Colossians, in your little out-of-the-way town of Colossae, is a triumphant, global gospel laying claim on every single person and people group in the whole world, wherever it goes. Where the Church is not yet It is a great injustice to think that 2,000 years after Jesus gave the Great Commission that many people groups have no witness in their midst. She is a former award-winning journalist with over 2,000 articles published. Any sinner who fails to act on how God has revealed Himself to themwhether through creation or through their conscience as mentioned previously when we unpacked scriptures from Romanswill deserve the just punishment for rejecting God. In other words, Paul knew very well that the gospel had not reached Spain, at least to any significant degree, because he wants to preach the gospel where the gospel has not been preached.
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