1. Global Missions Statistics, 2001 AD
World Mission Update
Global Missions Statistics, 2001 AD
Prepared by Mobilization Division U.S. Center for World Mission, Pasadena, CA

2. World Population 6.055 Billion People
One third call themselves Christians
One third (non-Christians) live in already reached people groups.
One-third (non-Christians) live in unreached people groups

3. Adherents Of Major Religions
2.02 Billion - Christians of all kinds
1.21 Billion – Muslims
1.07 Billion - Roman Catholics
925 Million - Atheists & Nonreligious
824 Million – Hindus
657 Million – Evangelicals
364 Million – Buddhists
320 Million - Chinese Folk Religionists
231 Million - Tribal Religionists
200 Million - Other Religions
24 Million – Sikhs
14.5 Million - Jews

4. Growth Rates World Population – 1.6% Muslims - 2.6%
All Christians - 2.6%
Roman Catholics - 1.2%
Protestants - 2.8%
Evangelicals - 4.7%
Pentecostals and Charismatics - 7.3%.

5. Missionaries 425,000 Missionaries from all branches of Christendom
(Only between 2 and 3% of those missionaries work among unreached peoples.)
140,000 Protestant Missionaries 64,000 Protestant Missionaries From USA

6. Distribution
Distribution of Protestant Missionaries Among Cultural Blocks
74% Among Nominal Christians
8% Among Tribal Peoples
6% Among Muslims
4% Among Non-Religious/Atheists
3% Among Buddhists
2% Among Hindus
2% Among Chinese Folk Religions
1% Among Jewish Peoples

7. Finance 15,500 Billion - Total Annual Income of Christians Worldwide
280 Billion - Giving to Christian Causes (1.8% of total income)
16 Billion - To Foreign Missions (5.7% of Giving to Christian causes)

8. Where The $ Go
Approx. 87% goes for work among those already Christian.
Approx. 12% for work among already evangelized non-Christians, and
Approx. 1% for work among people groups in the Unevangelized or Unreached category.

9. Unimax People Groups
A Unimax People is the largest group within which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance.
Of 24,000 Unimax people groups, 10,000 are unreached
3700 Muslim Hindu Tribal Buddhist 400 Other 150 Chinese Folk Religions 50 Non-Religious/Atheist
(Of those Unreached, 1600 have more than 10,000 persons; 8,400 fewer than 10,000. A large number of these Unreached Groups live in so called closed countries.)

10. The 10-40 Window A group of 50 countries Containing 2.5 billion people
Stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
And between 10 degrees North and 40 degrees North latitude.
Most of the world’s unreached peoples live in this area.

12. Challenges & Trends - 1 The Challenge Of Islam
India – The Next Big Frontier?
The Decline of Tribal Religions

13. Challenges & Trends - 2
The Movement Of The Church To The Developing World
Kingdom Paradigm
Power Ministry, Prayer and Spiritual Warfare

14. Challenges & Trends - 3
7.      The Global Mega-City As The Center of Mission
8.      The Rise of Ethnic Churches In Global Cities
9.      Reached To Unreached - Not West To Rest.

15. Challenges & Trends - 4
10. Globalization, Labor Movements and Opportunities for Tent-Making Minstries.
11. Partnerships To Reach UPG’s
12. House-Church Based Church-planting Movements
13. Radio Ministry – New Unity & Plans
14. Cyber-Mission – Mission On The Internet

16. Cyber-Mission Worldwide Internet Population: 445.9 million (eMarketer)
533 million (Computer Industry Almanac)
Projection for 2004:
709.1 million (eMarketer)
945 million (Computer Industry Almanac)
Online Language Populations (September 2002)
English 36.5%; Chinese 10.9%, Japanese 9.7%, Spanish 7.2%, German 6.7%, Korean 4.5%, Italian 3.8%, French 3.5%, Portuguese 3.0%, Russian 2.9%, Dutch 2.0% (Source: Global Reach)

17. Religion Online
There are over 275 million Internet searches each day and 80% of all Internet session begin at a search engine. (Internetstatistics.com)
Religion is one of the main topics people search for.
Pew Internet surveys found that 28 million Americans get religion information online, that 3 million do so daily, and that 25 % of net users search for religion-related topics.
Barna Research estimates that up to 50 million Americans may worship solely over the Internet by 2010.
There is every indication that the Internet is a major source of religious information where people of many cultures and languages collect their spiritual facts and opinions in private.
It’s a place where missionaries must be.

18. Internet Possibilities
Online evangelism using , web pages and chat rooms.
Online counselling and mentoring.
Web-based distance education such as that provided free by the Asian Internet Bible Institute (
Cross-cultural exposure for young people.
Using groups to coordinate missions specialists.
Reach into “closed countries” and unreached people groups.
Evangelistic pen-pals using .
Advocacy, mobilization and awareness raising about missions.

19. Your Church And The Internet
Set up a Cyber-Missions department where your young people can get experience in cross-cultural ministry without leaving home.
Have a church website that is deliberately evangelistic and culturally sensitive.
Train your lay workers using online training tools so they can train after work / at their convenience.
Use to contact church members, missionaries etc and have a pen-pals coordinator.
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