Information Resources: Global Church Planting Needs “This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. by Chris Maynard of Transforming Information

Research Progression: Data Information Knowledge Wisdom

Definition of Evangelical in this data: Jesus Christ as the sole source of salvation One needs to have a personal faith in Jesus The Bible is the basis for their life Committed to be witnesses that bring others to faith in Christ

The Whole World: What God has Done An Overview

Data for 2010 sourced from Operation World DVD and Prepared by for www.transforminginformation.comwww.gcpn.info εδθ W & C Asia IndiaChina E & S Asia Pac C & S America Europe Africa N America the people God loves every individual on earth by the regions where they live And their relationship to Christianity Non- Evangelical Christians Evangelicals “Least Reached” Non-Christians “More Reached” Non-Christians

The Whole World – Global Gaps churches planted (and where they are not) By churches planted (and where they are not) By Image: NASA

εδθ World Average > A Little Worse A Little Better Much Better Much Worse 2,400 Double the Average > 4,800 Half the Average > 1,200 Population per Evangelical Church The Global Average is 2,400 Map Colours:

the churches planted there is a divide εδθ Population per Evangelical Church World Average > Half the Average > Double the Average > A Little Worse A Little Better Much Better Much Worse The underchurched North averages 9,000 people for each evangelical church About 400,000 churches for 4 billion people The churched South averages 1,200 people for each evangelical church About 2.5 million churches for 3 billion people Evangelical churches estimated by Chris Maynard ( from denominational data for 2010 in Operation World DVD Data mapped by worldmap.org This chart prepared by Chris Maynard for www.transforminginformation.com

the churches planted there is a divide εδθ NOT Global North – Global South NOT the Equator Evangelical churches estimated by Chris Maynard ( from denominational data for 2010 in Operation World DVD Data mapped by worldmap.org This chart prepared by Chris Maynard for www.transforminginformation.com

To Fill the Earth with Faith

Base data from Operation World DVD 2010 Interpretation by Chris Maynard How many more churches does the world need?

The Harvest is Plentiful… …the Workers are Few and GCPN Regions (1 Evangelical Church per 1,000) Western Europe West Central Africa South Pacific South East Asia South East Africa South Asia South America North America Eastern Europe East Asia Central Asia Central America Caribbean C.I.S. Arab World (NAME) ,000 10, ,0001,000,00010,000,000 New Churches That May be Needed Base data from Operation World DVD Interpretation by Chris Maynard transforminginformation.com Existing Evangelical per New Church Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

Information available for download: planting-needs “The Whole World: What God has Done” “Data for 2010 sourced from Operation World DVD and All images sourced from commons.wikimedia.org”. commons.wikimedia.org