Paul - prototype cross cultural missionary:

1. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations (Greek “ethnos”), and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14 Paul - prototype cross cultural missionary: It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” Romans 15:20, 21

2. We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ. Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand, so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man's territory. 2 Corinthians 10:14-16 After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. Revelation 7:9

3. 10/40 Window

5. Christians and the Unevangelized 1 dot = 50,000 adherents. Blue dots represent Christians.Red dots represent unevangelized. From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

6. 1.6 x proportional share 0.034 6.0 x proportional share 0.0097 0.090 0.022 0.33 Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson 0.29 0.97 Afghanistan 0.0035 x proportional share Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion) < 1.0 (Has less than country’s fair share per person) = 1.0 (Has country’s fair share per person) > 1.0 (Has more than country’s fair share per person) Ratios of Countries’ Portions of the World’s Christian Workers on a per Person Basis Highest Ratio (more than country’s portion)

7. What if Lord intended equal access for all to Good News? • America has 6 times our proportional share of pastors and ministers • Of the 1,533,000 Christian workers in the U.S., 1.28 million or 83% of these Christian workers could perhaps become missionaries in another country in order to achieve global equity

8. 0.51 x proportional share 7.4 x proportional share 0.017 0.0018 0.0083 Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson 0.049 1.3 Afghanistan 0.000072 x proportional share Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion) < 1.0 (Has less than country’s fair share per person) = 1.0 (Has country’s fair share per person) > 1.0 (Has more than country’s fair share per person) Ratios of Countries’ Portions of the World’s Christian Income on a per Person Basis Highest Ratio (more than country’s portion)

9. 268 2 368 16 <1 <1 13 562 29 Afghanistan 0.03 Fewest Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson Number of Evangelism Offers per Person per Year Most

10. Non-Christians Who Know a Christian From Atlas of Global Christianity

11. Responsiveness to Evangelism From Atlas of Global Christianity

12. Least Reached = Unreached (People Group) • Less than 2% evangelical Christian • Less than 5% Christian adherents • People group = people with common language, culture, and understanding From: JoshuaProject.net

13. These are real people These are not just numbers See (The Unreached -) “Did You Know?”, second from the top, video at <http://www.joshuaproject.net/unreached-videos.php>

14. World Population Foreign Missionaries From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

15. Cross-cultural Missionaries per Million From: Todd M. Johnson & Mission Frontiers Magazine, June 2000; Stan Park, Ethne ’06

16. Missionary Distribution

17. Missionary Presence From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

18. Percent Unevangelized Per Country From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

19. People groups that have not heard the Gospel.

20. Countries with the Most Unreached People Groups Country # Peoples # Unreached Peoples China Nepal India Pakistan Bangladesh From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

21. Countries with Largest Populations of Unreached People Majority of the Unevangelized World Unevangelized Population (in millions) From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

22. Data Source: Advocates for the Unreached Lowest Priority Note: Most of the purple nations are (small) islands Great Commission Prioritization of Countries Highest Priority

23. Dramatic Recent Progress * China * • 1948 less than 1 million believers. • 2013 over 75 million believers. Most all of the growth has been in the last 35 years. • Over 12,000 new Chinese believers every day! The great need is for pastoral training.

24. Dramatic Recent Progress Amidst an oppressive, anti-Christian regime

25. Koreans: 30,000 missionaries Chinese: 50,000 missionaries Filipinos: 10,000 missionaries Nigerians: 15,000 missionaries Latin Americans: 21,000 missionaries * Developing World Missions Initiatives * 10/40 Window Estimated missionaries sent by various countries over the next 15-20 years. The fullness of the Gentiles brought in and the grafting back in of the natural branches beginning? (Romans 11)

26. Each of us is a piece of the puzzle. Every follower of Christ has the responsibility and joy of participating in the Great Commission From: Let the Nations Be Glad PowerPoint file at <http://www.joshuaproject.net/great-commission-powerpoints.php>