Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Description No evangelical Christians or churches. No access to major evangelical print, audio, visual, or human resources. 1 Less than 2% evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years. 2 Less than 2% evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years. 3 Less than 2% evangelical. Widespread church planting within past 2 years. 4 Greater than or equal to 2% evangelical, but less than 5% evangelical. 5 Greater than or equal to 5% evangelical, but less than 10% evangelical. 6 Greater than or equal to 10% evangelical. 7 Evangelical status unknown. Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC) represents the progress of the gospel among the peoples of the world by measuring: the percentage of Evangelical Christians in each people group; the people group’s access to major evangelical print, audio, visual, or human resources; Church-planting activity within or among the people group. The GSEC model shows how many “unreached people groups” (UPGs) there are in the world and how many of those UPGs can be identified as “Last Frontier people groups” (the most unreached). Visit www.imb.org/globalresearch for more information. Copyright © 2009 International Mission Board. All Rights Reserved

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Evangelical Christians believe that salvation is possible only through personal faith in Jesus Christ, recognize the inspired Word of God as the only basis for faith and Christian living, and are committed to using God’s Word to bring others to faith in Jesus Christ.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity No evangelical Christians or churches. No access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Less than 2 percent evangelical. Some evangelical resources available. No active church planting within the past two years.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Less than 2 percent evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within the past two years.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Less than 2 percent evangelical. Widespread church planting within the past two years.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Greater than or equal to 2 percent evangelical, but less than 5 percent evangelical.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Greater than or equal to 5 percent evangelical, but less than 10 percent evangelical.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Greater than or equal to 10 percent evangelical.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Last Frontier People Groups The Status of Global Evangelization defines a Last Frontier People Group as a people group which is unreached and has not had a new evangelical church started within the past two years.

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Unreached People Groups The Status of Global Evangelization defines an Unreached People Group as a people group in which less than 2% of the population are Evangelical Christians.

Evangelicals Around the World You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14 (NIV)