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Interesting Missions Facts
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Those who have not heard:
Nearly two billion people still have yet to hear an understandable presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time. These are located in more than 6,000 ethnic groups which are commonly referred to as Unreached Peoples. Most of them live in the 10/40 Window.
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Countries with the most Unreached Peoples:
The following countries have the largest numbers of unreached ethnic groups: 1) India; 2) China; 3) Pakistan; 4) Bangladesh; 5) Nepal
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Missions Giving to the Unreached:
Did you know that only five cents of every $100 (.05%) given to missions goes to help reach the 1.6 billion who have never heard the Gospel in the 10/40 Window!”
The Growth of Christianity:
Christianity is exploding in growth around the world. Following are some interesting facts about this growth:
- Approximately 21,000/day are coming to Christ in India.
- In sub-Sahara Africa Christianity is growing at the rate of 25,000 per day.
Nearly 30,000 people per day are born again in China. The number of Christians in China has gone from one million to nearly 100 million in 50 years. This is the greatest revival in the history of Christianity.
The growth rate of Christianity in Latin America is over three times the biological growth rate.
In 1900 there were approximately 50,000 Protestants in Latin America. Today the number approaches 100 million.
More Muslims have come to Christ in Iran since 1980 than in the previous 1,000 years.
- At the turn of the 20th century there were virtually no Protestant churches in South Korea. Today South Korea is 30% born again with more than 5,000 churches in the capital city of Seoul.
- World-wide Christianity is now growing at about 170,000/day.
- Every week 4,500 new churches are planted somewhere in the world.
