The "Least reached " or"unreached" people of the world:
To give you a glimpse of how the church is doing in the role of sending, check out these numbers on the income and spending of the Church worldwide.
- Global Income of Christians in US Dollars: $42 Trillion
- Given to Christian Causes (2% of total income) $700 Billion
- Given to Foreign Missions (only 6% of the 2% giving to Christian causes) $45 bill.
- Of all the Money Given to Foreign Missions:
- 87% goes for work among those already Christian.
- 12% goes for work among already evangelized non-Christians.
- 1% goes for work among people groups in the Unevangelized or Unreached category ($450 Million)
(Taken from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. http://www.gcts.edu)
If this is the first time you have come to this BLOG, you might want to take a quick look at my latest TWEETS...showing what Christian mission groups are doing around the world.
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means that for every dollar earned by a Christian 1/100,000th goes to
the unreached. If this is the first time you have come to this BLOG, you might want to take a quick look at my latest TWEETS...showing what Christian mission groups are doing around the world.
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Do you think that the Lord’s resources are being used strategically?
If 88% of the World’s unreached peoples live in the 10/40 Window and so little money goes to the work there, what will it take to complete the Great Commission?
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"Unreached" How some churches and mission groups are using the term "Unreached" incorrectly and thereby hindering the spread of the Gospel.
A few of my favorite non profits that are reaching "Unreached People Groups"
- Perspectives On The World Christian Movement
- BrookLink
- The Traveling Team
- Go Send Movement
- Frontier Ventures
I am addressing this issue in my Thesis at Liberty Univ. this Fall. I am proposing corrective measures as relating to independent evangelical churches. Basically, the local church has failed to lead and have allowed agencies to manage the effort and they cannot direct missionaries to UUPG's because it will hurt their "bottom-line." I know that sounds harsh; but its true. There are many other reasons, but these are two of the big ones.
ReplyDeleteI would appreciate access to the statistics you quoted; I need them for my work.
Thank you for addressing this much needed problem!
Reference to stats is in post.
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DeleteClarification for previous comment. The agencies referred to are those catering to independent, evangelical churches; specifically, sending agencies. There are many other types of agencies that are doing fine work.
ReplyDeleteYes...check out my TWEETS...
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