There are 900 churches for each unreached people group.
Statistics
Missions & Unreached People Groups
42% OF THE WORLD POPULATION IS "UNREACHED"
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More than 3 Billion people have extremely limited access to the Gospel.
What is an Unreached People Group?
An Unreached People Group is an ethnic group with less than 2% evangelical presence [1]. These peoples lack churches with autonomous local leadership who are capable of reaching their own cultures with the Gospel, [2], and normally have extremely limited contact with Christians or the Gospel, let alone easy access to evangelistic or teaching materials.
7.033 Unreached
People Groups!
3 BILLION
people without access to the Gospel!
MISSIONS AND MONEY
How much is being invested?
Evangelicals give on average less than 10 cents per month to reach the Unreached
Investment in “General Ministry”
1.65% of Christian income, or (0 billion) is invested in “Christian Causes”
0.11% of Christian income ($45 billion) is invested in missions
0.0064% of Christian income ($450 million) is invested in “Unreached People Groups” [4]
$45 Billion Invested in Missions
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HYPOTHETICAL CASES
based on the data we have
The Church has more than 3000 times the human resources and 9000 times the financial resources needed to fulfill the Great Commission.
Peoples and Missions
| Povos Alcançados | Povos Minimamente Alcançados | Povos Não Alcançados | Fonte | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Número de Povos | 6950 | 2987 | 7076 | Joshua Project |
| População | 3,5 bilhões | 829 milhões | 3,13 bilhões | Joshua Project |
| % da População Global | 46,9% | 11% | 42% | Joshua Project |
| Missionários | 309.315 | 77.610 | 3,3% | Atlas of Global Christianity 2009 |
| % de Total de Missionários | 77,3% | 19,4% | 3,3% | Atlas of Global Christianity 2009 |
- A people group with less than 2% evangelical presence [1]
- Inexistent or extremely limited access to the gospel.
- Includes the 17,013 “Unengaged People Groups“, which are people groups with no church planting initiative in active development without any church planting initiative in active development. The Unengaged People Groups total 1.85 billion people. 59% of the Unreached People Groups are also Unengaged People Groups. [2][1] Joshua Project – Definitions
[2] Joshua Project – Frontier Peoples
This definition includes the following categories:
Least Reached
- Few Evangelicals, but a significant number who identify as “Christian”
- Less then or up to 2% evangelical presence
- More than 5% and less than 50% “Christian” in a broad sense.
Superficially Reached
- Few Evangelicals, but many who identify as “Christian”.
- High need for spiritual renewal and a dedication to biblical faith.
- Less then or up to 2% evangelical presence
- More than 50% “Christian” in a broad sense.
Source: Joshua Project
This number includes the following two categories of progress of the Gospel in reached areas as defined by the Joshua Project.
Partially Reached People Groups
- Between 2% and 10% Evangelical
- A modest presente of evangelicals
- Public access to Christian or evangelistic material
Significantly Reached Peoples
- More than 10% Evangelical
- Open Acesso to various Christian denominations
- Open and easy access to Christian and evangelistic material
Brazil has the second largest Evangelical population in the world. [2]
This total of 400,000 missionaries includes Catholic and Protestant cross-cultural missionaries according to the research published in the World Christian Database [1] and the Atlas of Global Christianity [2]. This means that there are other missionaries within their own countries who were not taken into account in this research.
Furthermore, according to KP Yohannan [3], there are 285,000 national missionaries serving within their own countries.
[1] World Christian Database, 2015,*Barrett and Johnson,2001. World Christian Trends, pg 656.
[2] Atlas of Global Christianity 2009.
[3] Yohannan, Come Let’s Reach the World, 23; John A. Siewert and Edna G. Valdez, eds., Mission Handbook, 17th ed. (Monrovia, CA: MARC Publications, 1997), p. 74.
Uncomfortable Observations
Source: USCWM, Mission Frontiers, 2001
There are 89,000 Evangelical Christians for each unreached people group.
Number based on 630 million evangelicals including Pentecostals, and 7076 Unreached People Groups
Sources: CNEF, GLOBAL STATISTICS 2017, lecnef.org, France, accessed November 18, 2017 and Joshua Project.
The Church has more than 3000 times the human resources and 9000 times the financial resources needed to fulfill the Great Commission.
Evangelicals could provide all the financial resources necessary to plan a church in all of the over 7000 unreached people groups with only 0.03% of their income
Observations based on stats from the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 39 No. 1 , o World Christian Database, 2015, and World Christian Trends, Pg. 656 656. Observation noticed by the Travelling Team.
Evangelicals give on average less than 10 cents per month to reach the Unreached
Based on an income of R$4,681, presuming that the Brazilian evangelical follows the global trend.
Sources: G1, 2014 e Baxter, Mark R. 2007 The Coming Revolution: Because Status Quo Missions Won’t Finish the Job, pg 12
94% of Brazilians spend an average of R$77.30 per month on coffee outside of their homes If this trend is followed by evangelicals, we spend 257 times more on coffee than on projects to reach unreached people groups.
Sources: Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Café e Datafolha via Folha de São Paulo and confirmed by the economist via Globo. Data on the value invested by evangelicals follows the sources cited in the previous note.
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Data Sources
[1] Joshua Project | Definitions, Acessed on 28/02/2018
[2] Encyclopedia of Word Problems & Human Potential | Unreached Peoples (2013), Acessed on 28/02/2018
[3] International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 39, No. 1 (2015)
[4]. Baxter, Mark R. 2007. The Coming Revolution: Because Status Quo Missions Won’t Finish the Job, pg 12
[5] The Traveling Team – Missions Stats, Acesso no 29/02/2018
[6] Todd Johnson, Global Atlas of Christianity, pg 296.
[7] Baseada numa renda de R$4.681 por mês (Globo G1, 2013), presumindo que segue a tendência geral de investimento dos evangélicos em povos não alcançados (0,0064%)
