THE GLOBE AT A GLANCE, by the US Center for World Mission
A pie chart look at the numbers of unreached peoples and their total population by major blocs
THE STATE OF WORLD EVANGELIZATION (video) by Jason Mandryk
This excellent PowerPoint presentation was produced for the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering, held in Malaysia. September 2006.
THE STATE OF THE WORLD
Five sections of articles compiled by the Traveling Team
THE 10/40 WINDOW: GETTING TO THE CORE OF THE CORE, from AD2000 & Beyond’s archived web site.
The core of the unreached people of our world live in a rectangular-shaped window! Often called "The Resistant Belt", the window extends from West Africa to East Asia, from ten degrees north to forty degrees north of the equator. This specific region, which has increasingly become known as The 10/40 Window, encompasses the majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists -- billions of spiritually impoverished souls. (Read more)
SHAPING ETERNITY INFOBYTES (animation)
These eleven streaming powerpoint videos are for the whole family, jost of which are well under 3 minutes. Ideal for any setting. You can even provide links to them from your church web site. Purchase Infobytes here.
TEARS OF THE SAINTS (Video)
A very powerful six-minute video that includes statistics and two audio portions from John Piper preaching strongly on the missionary purpose of the church and the unreached.
POWERPOINT: WORLD MISSIONS UPDATE
This is a very helpful overview of global statistics on the progress of the gospel.
POWERPOINT: WORLD OVERVIEW
Paul Borthwick provides five great advances and ten global challenges in missions today.
MEASUREABLE PROGRESS CHARTS, published by the US Center for World Mission utilizing Global Mapping International’s maps
THE CHURCH IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK
This link to Booknotes, from ACMC’s David Mays, contain very useful statistic-laden outquotes from this classic book by Patrick Johnstone. Please note that this work is taken from the late 1990’s and statistics regarding the number of unreached peoples is out of date. Ongoing research has revealed that there are now even more people groups that have been identified as unreached.
AFFINITY BLOCS AND PEOPLE CLUSTERS by Patrick Johnstone
The Great Commission is unequivocal: we are to disciple all the ethnic groups in the world! For 25 years we have struggled to define,classify and list the world’s people groups. Only in the last six years have we had in our hands reasonably complete, published lists of the people groups of the world. The results are extraordinary, but complex.
AMAZING COUNTDOWN FACTS, published by the US Center for World Mission’s Mobilization Department.
FAST FACTS ON ORALITY, LITERACY AND CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE STORYING
THE THUMB MODEL
THUMB -- an acronym to remember the five major unreached people blocs of our world
THE
WORLD AS ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE
If all the people of the world were represented by a village of 100 people,
what would it look like? Let’s walk through this village!
IF
THE WORLD WERE A VILLAGE OF 100 PEOPLE
Similar statistics as the previous entry.
TODAY'S RESOURCES FOR WORLD MISSION, Statistical Tables from the World Christian Encyclopedia.
WHERE SHOULD MISSIONARIES WORK?, Center for the Study of Global Christianity
Six organizing principles of missionary deployment by peoples in Worlds A, B, and C. Taken from the World Christian Encyclopedia
FINISH THE TASK: THE UNREACHED PEOPLES CHALLENGE, by Ralph D. Winter & Bruce Koch
God’s promise to bless all the “families of the earth,” first given to Abraham 4,000 years ago, is becoming a reality at a pace “you would not believe.” Although some may dispute some of the details, the overall trend is indisputable. Biblical faith is growing and spreading to the ends of the earth as never before in history.
GLOBAL TOP TEN LISTS ON 145 MAJOR MISSIOMETRIC CATEGORIES, by David Barrett & Todd Johnson
The 145 lists in this web page are each global in scope and pertain to Christianity or religion. A few provide context by referring only to secular matters in their title (e.g. ‘The ten largest cities in the world’), but the vast majority provide information of special interest to readers of the present volume. Included lists do not touch upon all matters of interest to Christians, but are chosen with an emphasis on world evangelization and the global reach of Christianity.
AD 2001 REALITY CHECK: 50 facts and figures about trends and issues concerning empirical global Christianity today. (Note: A small percentage of these facts are without enough explanation or supporting details to be sure of what they are trying to communicate)
JOSHUA PROJECT: PEOPLES DATA
JOSHUA PROJECT: INTERESTING PEOPLE FACTS
JOSHUA PROJECT: PEOPLE GROUP NUMBERS
2005 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET by the Population Reference Bureau
BOOK
WORLD CHRISTIAN TRENDS by Todd Johnson
This valuable resource is a global overview of world Christianity that analyzes, interprets and evaluates the country-by-country data reported in the 2001 World Christian Encyclopedia. Special features include the first-ever statistical survey of evangelism/ization; statistical survey of persecution and Christian martyrs; and projections to AD 2200 about Christianity and world religions. Includes glossary, bibliography, color maps, and a CD-ROM for quick reference.
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