6. Missions Priorities
Where are the people who have not heard about Jesus?
Where should we prioritize taking the Gospel?

7. Prioritization of the Great Commission (Overview)
There is a great need to prioritize the Great Commission. Greater emphasis needs to be placed on bringing the awesome truth of Jesus to the least reached.
80% - 90% of missionaries are among evangelized (nominal) Christian people groups and a very large portion of Christian resources are in the U.S.
There are many people who have heard little or nothing about Jesus and have almost nobody praying for them (by name) or who can tell them about Jesus.
We need to prioritize these unreached people so we can obey our Master and complete the task He's given us all to do.
We can pray more for those who have not heard the truth about Jesus and we can reallocate the resources at our disposal in order to more significantly impact the world for eternity.

8. Past Fruitful / Successful Missions
Christian missions have been successful in many places like sub-Saharan Africa
Just like a successful investment portfolio requires reallocation to strategically distribute resources (especially when do well in some areas and not in others), effective Great Commission outreach requires reallocation of resources.

9. Completing the Great Commission
Jesus told us to make disciples of all ethne / ethnos (people groups)
In order to do this, we Christian disciples must be engaged with all ethne
At present, there are many peoples with little or no Gospel witness
In order to fulfill Jesus’ last command, we must make it a high priority
This requires that we send people and resources where they are currently sparse but in very great need

10. Where are the majority of gospel / Christian resources?

11. If resources were distributed equally, they would be distributed according to:
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, (WCT)

12. Actually:
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.

13. Afghanistan 0.000072 x proportional share
0.017
0.0018
0.0083
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
0.049
1.3
Afghanistan 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) 13

14. Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.

15. $130,000
$1,551,000
$15,800
$9,800
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
$171,800
$40,800
Afghanistan $30,400
Most Effective
Mozambique $1,400
Cost Effectiveness of World Missions Based on the Cost to Lead to the Baptism of a New Convert
Least Effective 15

16. David Barrett on Good Missions Stewardship
“Dollar for dollar and hour for hour, the harvest coming from the 10/40 Window nations outstrips that from the rest of the world 100 to 1,” Barrett says. “That is, if the same money and time spent to win one person to the Lord in the West were put to use in the 10/40 Window nations, the effort would yield a harvest of 100 souls added to the kingdom of God. It is 100 times more cost effective, therefore, to reach those in the 10/40 Window. But for a sizable number of ethnolinguistic groups, cost-effectiveness reaches 1000 times more than in Western countries.”
World Christian Encyclopedia

17. Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.

18. Afghanistan 0.0035 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 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) 18

19. 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 19

20. Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.

21. Afghanistan 0.0035 x proportional share
0.054
5.0 x proportional
share
0.0078
0.0070
0.056
0.21
Note: Most of the red or orange nations are islands
0.33
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
0.52
Afghanistan x proportional share
Fewest
< 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 Periodicals on a per Person Basis
Most 21

22. Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.

23. Number of Evangelism Offers per Person per Year
268 2
368
<1 16
<1 13
562 29
Afghanistan 0.03
Fewest
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Number of Evangelism Offers per Person per Year
Most 23

24. Needed in the U.S.
Clearly the U.S. has more than her share of Christian finances, resources, and ministers.
Thus, the U.S. does NOT need more money to obey the Great Commission in this nation
Obedient followers of Jesus with vision (from the Lord) are needed

25. The Great Need for More Emphasis on Reaching the Unevangelized with the Gospel

26. 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
And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Revelation 5:9
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

27. 1990 AoG missionaries – 2.0%, 34.2%, 63.8% (p. 57)
From “World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200” by David Barrett and Todd Johnson
Current Missionary distribution: 2.4% (among) unevangelized, 24.5% evangelized non-Christians, 73.1% Christians (pp. 40 & 55)
1990 AoG missionaries – 2.0%, 34.2%, 63.8% (p. 57)
1990 Pentecostal/Charismatic missionaries – 1%, 25%, 74% (p. 56)
Foreign mission money p.a. – 1.7%, 11.7%, 86.6% (p. 55)
Full-time workers – 0.4%, 23.7%, 75.9% (p. 55)
Tracts (leaflets) p.a. – 0.2%, 4.0%, 95.8% (p. 55) 27

28. From “World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200” by David Barrett and Todd Johnson
Only 8.7% of all Christian personnel, outreach, and evangelism ever gets through to the evangelized non-Christian world/peoples and only 0.3% to the unevangelized (p. 81)
91% of all Christian outreach/evangelism does not target non-Christians but targets other Christians in (60%+) Christian countries, cities, peoples, populations, or situations (p. 3)
It costs Christians 700 times more money to baptize converts in rich Christian countries (Switzerland) than in poor unevangelized countries (Nepal) (p. 3) 28

29. Windows International Network
“Only five pennies of every $100 given to missions goes to the 10/40 Window!”
That's 0.05%!!! 29

30. Pioneers (Missions Organization)
“Worldwide, Christians earn $12.3 trillion a year. Of that $12.3 trillion, only 1.7% is given to Christian causes of any kind. Of this 1.7%, only 5.4% goes to foreign missions. Of this 5.4%, only 1% goes to people without any opportunity to hear about Jesus!”
Let's break this down:  % of all Christian earned income goes to missions.  % of the money of Christian causes goes to unreached peoples % of all Christian earned income goes to people with little or no opportunity to hear about Jesus!
Core Value: Unreached Peoples We believe that our primary calling from God is to proclaim Christ among unreached peoples--those groups remaining in the world who have the least opportunity to hear and understand the life-giving message of the Gospel. There are still many hundreds of ethno-linguistic groups who do not have their own churches. Our passion is to bring the first spark of light to these dark places.
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31. Imbalanced Evangelistic Activity
There IS enough evangelistic activity to reach the whole world:
Enough activity for every one in the world to hear a 1-hour presentation of the Gospel every other day all year long
Over 1,430 billion hours of evangelism generated by Christians every year: personal witness, radio, TV, Internet, literature, etc.
But this evangelistic activity is unevenly targeted: mostly at other Christians
As many as 86% of all Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists do not personally know a Christian.
From: Justin Long, Aug. 2007
Source: World Christian Encyclopedia

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

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

34. Christian Ministers’ Focus
95% of Christian ministers focus on their own people
Of the 5% who become missionaries, 80% - 90% focus on ethne which are majority Christian
Only 2.5% – 4% of missionaries are focused on the unreached
From: Stan Park, Ethne ’06

35. Status of Urgency for the Unreached
Majority of Christians still not aware of the challenge of the unreached
Many that are aware feel it is not their responsibility
Many church and mission leaders feel that missions to the unreached has been over-emphasized
From: Stan Park, Ethne ’06

36. Will We Change?
If current patterns continue, the unreached will still be 23-28% of the world’s population in 2025
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
From: Stan Park, Ethne ’06

37. The number of missionaries amongst the unreached remains terribly low.9%
36%
55% 2%
25%
73%
No Access
50,000
Evangelized
Non-Christian
24%
10,000
40%
200,000
36%
100,000
15,000
Christian
25,000
300,000
300,000
22,000
1900
1925
1950
1975
2000
2025
2050
From: Justin Long, Aug. 2007
Source: World Christian Encyclopedia

38. Where Are Missionaries Needed the Most?
Unreached people groups
Least evangelized world or unevangelized world (“World A”)
10/40 Window

39. Christians and the Unevangelized
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

40. Missionary presence
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

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

42. Unevangelized Population
Countries with Largest Populations of Unreached People
Unevangelized Population
Majority of the Unevangelized World
1.2 billion 1
India
344,000,000 2
China
262,000,000 3
Pakistan
144,000,000 4
Indonesia
68,600,000 5
Iran
48,700,000 6
Thailand
34,100,000 7
Algeria
32,900,000 8
Morocco
30,900,000 9
Bangladesh
30,000,000 10
Afghanistan
26,000,000
143 million
178 million
149 million
75 million
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia 42

43. Countries with the Most Unreached Peoples
Country # Peoples # Unreached
Peoples
India
2332
2082
China
499
406
Pakistan
401
386
Bangladesh
370
336
Nepal
315
292
China
Nepal
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

45. Where Are the People Who Have Not Heard About Jesus?
Most Christians can more easily locate countries rather than people groups
Joshua Project* and WCT missions information was used to prioritize the nations using ten criteria
Data for 15,893 people groups and 222 countries were used to evaluate the status of Christianity in the nations
The results have many possible applications about world evangelization efforts
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46. Prioritization Weighting
Criteria (Percent Weighting)
Description
Percent Least Reached (24%)
Percent of the country's population living in a least reached people group
Number Evangelism/Discipleship Opportunities (18%)
The (average) number of discipleship offers per person per year in the country
Joshua Project Progress (15%)
Progress of or response to the Gospel
Christian Workers per Million (14%)
Number of Christian workers per million population
Ministry Tools (8%)
Bible translation status, Jesus film, audio recordings, & Christian radio broadcasting
Country Indices (8%)
Location indices (country persecution index, human development index, & percent evangelical)
Population People Least Reached (6%)
Population living in a least reached people group
Number Least Reached People Groups (4%)
Number of least reached people groups in the country
Population (2%)
Population of the country
Cost / Convert (1%)
Average cost to lead to a baptism

47. Great Commission Prioritization of Countries
Data Source: Advocates for the Unreached
Note: Most of the purple nations are (small) islands
Lowest Priority
Great Commission Prioritization of Countries
Highest Priority 47

49. Country Great Commission Status / Prioritization Scores

50. Top 40 “Priority” Great Commission Countries1
Afghanistan 2
Yemen 3
Iran 4
Pakistan 5
Algeria 6
Bangladesh 7
Morocco 8
Mauritania 9
Turkey 10
Somalia 11
Bhutan 12
Western Sahara 13
Tunisia 14
Niger 15
Comoros 16
Saudi Arabia 17
Uzbekistan 18
Iraq 19
Libya 20
Maldives 21
Turkmenistan 22
Nepal 23
Azerbaijan 24
Tajikistan 25
Korea North 26
Guinea 27
Mali 28
Cambodia 29
Mongolia 30
Thailand 31
Oman 32
Laos 33
Mayotte 34
Senegal 35
Djibouti 36
India 37
Kyrgyzstan 38
Japan 39
Gambia 40
Myanmar 50

51. Need of Various Countries
Afghanistan
India
Indonesia
China
USA
“Priority” 1 28 48 59
123
# of World’s Full-Time Christian Workers (if 100 in world)
(1/292 x % pop.)
5.63
(1/3 x % pop.)
1.03
(1/3.5 x % pop.)
1.93
(1/11 x % pop.)
27.83
(6.0 x % pop.)
% of World Population
0.38%3
16.7%3
3.5%3
20.9%3
4.6%3
# Discipleship Opportunities per Person per Year
0.033
133
293
163
3683
% Population Least Reached in the Country
99.9%
89.8%
66.4%
15.1%
0.3%
% Christian
0.03%
2.3% 8%
7.3%
76%
% Evangelical Christian
0.0%5
1.8%5
4.0%5
6.0%5
32.5%5
3Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200.
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001, pp
5“Global Countries Listing.” March 51

52. Lausanne Covenant
In 1974, it was more difficult to get many Christians, especially from different denominations, to agree upon some things. Yet, something remarkable happened after the Rev. Billy Graham and his evangelistic association helped initiate Lausanne I: The International Congress on World Evangelization in Switzerland. In July of 1974, more than 2,300 evangelical leaders from 150 countries agreed upon the Lausanne Covenant to be more intentional about world evangelization.
The following paragraph is quoted from the Lausanne Covenant of 1974 and would be an excellent centerpiece or core value of any church missions program or personal missions involvement.

53. 9. THE URGENCY OF THE EVANGELISTIC TASK
"More than 2,700 million people, which is more than two-thirds of all humanity, have yet to be evangelised. We are ashamed that so many have been neglected; it is a standing rebuke to us and to the whole Church. There is now, however, in many parts of the world an unprecedented receptivity to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are convinced that this is the time for churches and para-church agencies to pray earnestly for the salvation of the unreached and to launch new efforts to achieve world evangelization. A reduction of foreign missionaries and money in an evangelised country may sometimes be necessary to facilitate the national church's growth in self-reliance and to release resources for unevangelised areas. Missionaries should flow ever more freely from and to all six continents in a spirit of humble service. The goal should be, by all available means and at the earliest possible time, that every person will have the opportunity to hear, understand, and to receive the good news. We cannot hope to attain this goal without sacrifice. All of us are shocked by the poverty of millions and disturbed by the injustices which cause it. Those of us who live in affluent circumstances accept our duty to develop a simple life-style in order to contribute more generously to both relief and evangelism." (Emphasis added.)
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54. Practical Ways to Make a Difference
Churches and individuals can evaluate the missionaries / organizations they support and consider focusing more on high priority countries
Churches could add more new missionaries to the unreached &/or establish goals to increase the percentage of their support in high priority nations
10/40 Window gospel radio broadcasting (like with Gospel for Asia)
Bible translation

55. Practical Ways to Make a Difference
PRAY for the least reached people and countries
GIVE and specifically designate giving for least reached countries
GO on mission trip(s) to least reached regions (like India)
Pray for and support new missionaries to least reached peoples, especially young people
PSU Global Connections – befriend international students from least reached countries
Fall international student welcome picnic
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Matthew 9:38 55

56. Missionary Preparation
**Perspectives class - starting Tues. Jan. 14
“Vision for the Nations” (VCR) video series
Reading / learning, research
**“Mission Frontiers” journal (6 editions per year)
Many excellent books
Live like Jesus and do what He did, including healing the sick, casting out demons, and raising the dead 56

57. Practical Involvement
Pray daily (Joshua Project Unreached of the Day) -
Pray with Global Prayer Digest - 57

58. Plan “A” for Receiving Revelation
From: How to Hear God’s Voice, Mark Virkler

59. Plan “A” for Receiving Revelation
From: How to Hear God’s Voice, Mark Virkler