“No Half Gospel”
What is the State of the Gospel? the Gospel is just fine!
Where we are now? A Global Faith
Majority Religions ChristianIslamHindu BuddhistNon-religious
Annual Growth Rate of World Religions
Where we are now The Western Church
World Christianity – Continent by Continent
ASIA NORTH AMERICA AFRICA PACIFIC LATIN AMERICA EUROPE 0%10%20% 30% 40% WHAT PERCENT OF CHRISTIANS ARE EVANGELICAL IN FAITH?
Where we are now The Majority World Church
World Evangelicals – Continent by Continent
3% CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONARIES WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
The World’s Mission Force West Majority World 70%?
1Mongolia222 2Lebanon295 3Singapore400 4Niger451 5Nepal458 6Sri Lanka479 7Spain512 8Faeroe Is533 9Mali608 10Thailand633 How many Christians to send 1 missionary?* *includes only Protestant, Anglican and Independent
The Task Remaining Geography and Population
Majority Religion ChristianIslamHindu BuddhistNon-religious
And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached as a testimony nations to all nations and then the end will come Matthew 24:14 ethne
Unreached People Groups
Countries with the Most Unreached Peoples India China Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal India China Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Country # Peoples # Unreached Peoples
The Task Remaining Imbalanced Sending
World Population Foreign Missionaries
Missionary Presence
The Task Remaining Strategic Issues
Priorities Mobilizing Sacrifice Partnership Prayer Getting The Job Done
When man works, man works; When man prays, GOD works.
When man works, man works; When man prays, GOD works.
Peter Kuzmic is distinguished professor of mission and European studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also the founding president of Evandjeoski Teoloski Fakultet in Osijek, Croatia and is widely regarded as the foremost evangelical scholar in Eastern Europe.
Kuzmic lamented the prevalence of “half-gospels” that do not take seriously the cross or human pain. These half-gospels, he said, lead to self-sufficiency, competition, duplication, and an “emotionally- driven Christianity that has no transformative effect.” Addressing the world’s complex problems requires a whole gospel.
To comprehend the whole gospel we must first understand, that “the Great Commission begins with the Great Foundation.” This foundation is expressed in the verses preceding what is typically thought to be the Great Commission. Christ’s commandment to disciple the nations does not begin with “go.”
Rather it is anchored in Christ’s astonishing declaration of cosmological sovereignty. “All authority on heaven and earth has been given to me,” Jesus said, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
When the Great Foundation, the Great Commandment and the Great Commission are held together, Christians are emboldened to preach biblical truth in all spheres of life. We were, we are challenged to be holistic gospellers!