1. King of kings, Lord of lords
Matthew 24:14
Amen,
come
Lord Jesus

2. The Spiritual Condition of the World
Evangelicals –
We are 10%!
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3. Evangelical Christians:
Trust only in the cross of Jesus Christ for their salvation,
enjoy a personal relationship with God through Jesus,
exhibit regeneration through the Holy Spirit,
recognize the Bible as the inspired word of God, the only basis for faith and practice, and
are committed to biblical preaching, evan- gelism, and service.

4. The Spiritual Condition of the World
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Nominal Christians

5. Nominal Christians:
These are people who have the name of Jesus Christ in their religion,
but do not exhibit the characteristics mentioned above.

6. The Spiritual Condition of the World
Non-Christians living in reached ethnic groups
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7. Non-Christians Living in Unreached Ethnic Groups
These are people of some non-Christian religion like Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, or animists, but who live in ethnic groups that already have a viable church.

8. A Riddle ©Depositphotos.com/Marinka
A riddle: I drove through a village in the mountains of the state of Puebla. Everyone in the village spoke Spanish fluently, but there is no church in that town. Are these people part of a reached ethnic group, or an unreached ethnic group?
Answer: ?
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9. A Riddle ©Depositphotos.com/Marinka
A riddle: I drove through a village in the mountains of the state of Puebla. Everyone in the village spoke Spanish fluently, but there is no church in that town. Are these people part of a reached ethnic group, or an unreached ethnic group?
Answer: Reached, because they speak Spanish and therefore, in Mexico, they have access to the gospel.
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10. Very Important!
In missions, the words reached and unreached refer to ethnic groups, not to individuals!

11. The Spiritual Condition of the World
Cultural and Linguistic Barriers
Evangelical
Christians
Nominal Christians and Non-Christians
with Access to the Gospel
Non-Christians without
Access to the Gospel
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12. Non-Christians Living in Unreached Ethnic Groups
These are people of a non-Christian religion who live in ethnic groups that do not have a viable church.
They make up 30% of the world’s population.
They live in the 7,000 unreached ethnic groups.
They have no access to the gospel.

13. Language Race Religion Caste ism History Geography Evangel Culture
Cross-Cultural
Missions
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DIDEM HIZAR

14. ©Depositphotos.com/DIDEM HIZAR
In the World
In Mexico
Evangelical Christians 7%
Evangelical Christians 10%
Nominal Christians 20%
Nominal Christians 87%
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Non-Christians living in Reached Ethnic Groups WITH Access to the
Gospel 40%
Non-Christians living in Reached Ethnic Groups WITH Access to the
Gospel 4%
Non-Christians living in Unreached Ethnic Groups WITHOUT Access to the Gospel 2%
Non-Christians living in Unreached Ethnic Groups WITHOUT Access to the Gospel 30%

15. A Study of the 7,000 Unreached Ethnic Groups
There is 10% of the world’s population to evangelize the unreached 30%.
In other words, there is one Christian for every 3 people living in unreached ethnic groups.
We could finish the Great Commission in a couple of hours!
Unfortunately, it is not that easy…

16. The unreached ethnic groups are very far from here!
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Maksym Yemelyanov

17. They practice different religions.
Hindus
The Principal Religions of the Unreached Ethnic Groups
Tribals
Chinese
Buddhists
Muslims
Others

18. The Major Religious Blocks of the 10/40 Window
Countries with a
majority of …
Hindus
Muslims
Budists
Data
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19. They have different cultures.
Collage by Jill Suzanne Hatcher

20. The Languages of the World“
” John 3:16
In 3000 languages of the world!
They speak different languages.

21. Spoken languages according to Wycliffe – 6,918
Languages with at least a portion of the Bible translated – 2,932
Whole Bible – 554
Only the New Testament – 1,333
At least one book – 1,045
Translation projects in progress – 2,267
Languages with a clear need for a translation project – 1,800

22. The Resources for finishing the Great Commission
Only 7% of the Missionaries Work among
the Unreached Ethnic Groups.
The Resources for finishing the Great Commission
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23. How the Evangelical Church Invests Its Offerings
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Aaron Amat/
Joe Belanger/
Vladimir Wangel
4.5% is spent for missions
among the reached ethnic
groups.
Only 0.5% is spent for missions among the unreached ethnic groups.

24. Christian Congregations for each Unreached Ethnic Groupto
The Number of
Christian Congregations
for each Unreached
Ethnic Group to to to to to to to
Year
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25. A Dramatization of the Statistics
Let us imagine that each sheet of paper in this package is a profile of an unreached ethnic group. How many ethnic groups are represented by this package of paper?

26. How many times do I have to flip these pages to see all 7,000 profiles?

27. 14 times!

28. Your church does not have to reach all 7,000 ethnic groups…
But it does have to help reach…
one!

29. Can your church cooperate with 1,000 other churches to reach one etnic group?