I am ashamed...

[Sister Alvear]

That:


Of the 16,704 people groups by country, 6,913 are still considered unreached.
9,791 people groups by country are not considered unreached, totaling 3,994,867,000 individuals, or about 59% of the world's population.
Of the 16,704 total people groups, 6,913 are identified as unreached using Joshua Project criteria, totaling 2,828,672,000 individuals. Of these 6,913 groups, 5,907 are in 10/40 Window countries. That means 85% of all unreached people groups are in the 10/40 Window.
1,006 of the unreached groups are NOT in the 10/40 Window, totaling 78,997,000 individuals. These groups are relatively accessible to the Gospel.
Of the 6,913 Unreached people groups, about 3,523 (51%) are small groups under 10,000 in population (or population unknown) and all these groups total less than 8,000,000 individuals. Of the remaining 3,390 unreached groups, about 1,314 are under 50,000 in population. That leaves 2,076 Unreached groups 50,000 and over in population. A vibrant church in a large group may take the gospel to a number of smaller satellite people groups that have ethnic similarities. (Joshua Project)

[Sister Alvear]

How many languages have Scripture?
2,565. Of these, 457 have a complete Bible, another 1,211 have the New Testament. 897 others have at least one book of the Bible.

How many languages still need translation?
In addition to more than 1,500 active projects, work needs to begin in over 2,000 languages.

How many people have no Scripture?
Around 340 million speak these languages where translation still needs to begin. (Wycliffe)

[Sister Alvear]

Almost 2 billion people (27.9% of the world) are still essentially cut off from access to the Gospel. Many of these peoples live in major urban centers. Some are more remote and rural. All continue to be largely “ignored” by the Great Commission Christian world.

Less than 10% of the modern missionary workforce is focused on the least-evangelized peoples of the world.(Unreached People)

[Sister Alvear]

THE UNEVANGELIZED WORLD:

(38 countries each less than half evangelized, i.e. less than 50%)

1,629,375,000 unevangelized persons

29.6% of global population

12.1% of global income

11.4% of all telephones

13.3% of all TV sets

2.8% of all computers


THE EVANGELIZED NON-CHRISTIAN WORLD:

(59 countries over half evangelized but with church members less than 60%)

2.4 billion evangelized non-Christians

500 million evangelized but unreached non-Christians

40.1% of global population

35.3% of global income

27.8% of all telephones

34.7% of all TV sets

23.4% of all computers

THE CHRISTIAN WORLD:

(141 countries with church members 60% or over, evangelized 95% or over)

2 billion Christians

33% of global population

Christians receive, own, and/or use:

52.6% of global income

60.8% of all telephones

47.0% of all TV sets

73.8% of all computers (70% of all being owned and operated by Christians)

Christians spend:

99.9% of Christian income on themselves

0.09% on the Evangelized Non-Christian World

0.01% on the Unevangelized World



World Evangelization Research Center
Pointing the way to the least evangelized

[Sister Alvear]

I weep....

[houston]

[Sister Alvear]

"What would we do about it if the 66,000 who die every day in unreached people groups were individuals trapped in a well?" -Phil Bogosian

[Sister Alvear]

Jim Diehl, Nazarene general superintendent, speaking at the 1997 Nazarene General Assembly:

"The question before us is this:
Is there enough passion in the soul of the church to carry this holiness message to the peoples of this world?

Our problem is not with our profession, but with our passion.
Our problem is not with our procedures, but with our passion.
Our problem is not with our policy, but with our passion.
Our problem is not with our purpose, but with our passion.
Our problem is not with our programs , but with our passion.
When it is all said and done: If we lose our passion, we lose our movement."

[seguidordejesus]

Is there a list of these people groups anywhere?

[Sister Alvear]

yes, type into google Joshua project...all kinds of information...