The Progress Map of the Christian Missionary Efforts (2016) and the 10/40 Window by the @joshuaproject
The Joshua project categorizes the world into people groups based on how well they have been reached out by evangelical missionaries.
The Joshua project categorizes the world into people groups based on how well they have been reached out by evangelical missionaries.
They say "The 10/40 Window is the area of N. Africa, the Middle East, and Asia between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude. The 10/40 Window often called "The Resistant Belt" includes the majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists.
Their website mentions "It has been said that "the poor are the lost, and the lost are the poor" as the majority of unreached live in the poorest countries. There is a remarkable overlap between the poorest countries of the world and those that are least evangelized.
"The 10/40 Window is home to the majority of the world's unevangelized countries. The "unevangelized" are people who have a minimal knowledge of the gospel, but have no valid opportunity to respond to it."
Source:
joshuaproject.net
Source:
joshuaproject.net
India is one of the least "unreached" nations according to the website with almost 89% of the people in that category.
"The focus of the Christian missions community 200 years ago was for the coastlands of the world. A century later, the success of the coastlands effort motivated a new generation to reach the interior regions of the continents."
Source: joshuaproject.net
Source: joshuaproject.net
"Within the past several decades, the success of the inland thrust has led to a major focus on people groups. Today, followers of Christ are concentrating their efforts on the unreached peoples of the world, most of which are in the 10/40 Window."
Source:
joshuaproject.net
Source:
joshuaproject.net
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