Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Global Evangelism Facts

Gordon Conwell's Center for the Study of Global Christianity, The Joshua Project, presents some interesting facts on the current condition of unreached people groups around the world.

Here are a few highlights:

Of 235 total countries, 169 (72 percent) are Christian-majority countries. The total population for these countries is 2.32. billion.

77 percent of the unreached/least reached people groups are in the 10/40 window.

The largest least-reached group is the Japanese, with more than 120 million people.

An average of 160,000 a day hear the message of Christ for the first time.

Every hour 3,000 more people decide to follow Christ.

In 1800, 75% of the globe's population had never heard the Gospel. Today, only 28% have not heard the Gospel for the first time. That mean, 1.5 billion people have not heard the Gospel even one time.