Missions Awareness

World Missions AwarenessAn Overwhelming Need

“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”

— Matthew 9:36

“...and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?”

— Romans 10:14c, 15a

World Population

7 BILLION SOULS

+ 1.4 Billion Muslims+ 1.3 Billion Chinese+ 1.2 Billion Indians 3.9 Billion Alone!

100+ peopleDie Each Minute!

6,000+ peopleDie Each Hour!

150,000+ peopleDie Each Day!

1,000,000+ peopleDie Each Week!

China 1.3B

India 1.2B

U.S. 312M

Indonesia 238M

Brazil 191M

Pakistan 177M

Nigeria 158M

Bangladesh 151M

Russia 143M

Japan 128M

Mexico 112M

Philippines 94M

Vietnam 87M

Ethiopia 82M

Germany 82M

Egypt 81M

Iran 76M

Turkey 74M

Thailand 67M

Congo 66M

France 66M

U.K. 62M

Italy 61M

S. Africa 50M

S. Korea 49M

Myanmar 48M

Spain 46M

Columbia 46M

Ukraine 46M

Tanzania 43M

Argentina 40M

Kenya 39M

Poland 38M

Algeria 36M

Canada 35M

Morocco 32M

Uganda 32M

Iraq 32M

Afghanistan 31M

Sudan 31M MUCH WITNESS SOME WITNESS LITTLE WITNESS

Top 40 Populations of the 225 Nations

Peru 29M

Venezuela 29M

Nepal 28M

Malaysia 28M

Uzbekistan 27M

Saudi Arabia 27M

Ghana 24M

N. Korea 24M

Syria 24M

Taiwan 23M

Australia 23M

Yemen 22M

Romania 21M

Madagascar 21M

Sri Lanka 21M

Mozambique 21M

Ivory Coast 20M

Cameroon 19M

Angola 19M

Chile 17M

Netherlands 17M

Kazakhstan 16M

Burkina Faso 16M

Niger 16M

Malawi 15M

Mali 15M

Guatemala 14M

Ecuador 14M

Cambodia 13M

Zambia 13M

Zimbabwe 13M

Senegal 12M

Cuba 11M

Chad 11M

Belgium 11M

Greece 11M

Portugal 11M

Tunisia 11M

Czech Rep. 11M

Bolivia 10M MUCH WITNESS SOME WITNESS LITTLE WITNESS

The Next 40

COUNTDOWN

Only NINE with a major evangelistic effort. (11%)

There are 44 with some evangelistic effort. (55%)

There are 27 with little evangelistic effort. (34%)

CONCLUSIONIf CALLED we need to surrender to GO!!!

If ALIVE we need to surrender to GIVE!!!

HOW SHALL THEY HEAR WITHOUT A PREACHER?

Home Missions AwarenessThe Need Continues

Not HALF Obedience,But FULL Obedience

“...and ye shall be witnesses unto me both inJERUSALEM, and in all JUDEA, and in SAMARIA, and unto the UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH.”

ACTS1:8

NOT...Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Uttermost Part

BUT...Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Uttermost Part

There Are Still Multitudes OfOur Countrymen Who Have Not Heard

“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.” – Romans 10:1

California 1 IBC per 135,000 peopleNew Jersey 1 IBC per 101,000 peopleNew York 1 IBC per 84,000 peopleMassachusetts 1 IBC per 77,000 peopleMaryland 1 IBC per 73,000 people

There are more IBCs in the small state of Kentucky than there are in Idaho, N.H., Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Delaware, N.D., S.D., Hawaii, Vermont and R.I. combined!

How Home Missions Church PlantingBoosts Foreign Missions

YEARCHURCHESSTARTED

TOTAL SUPPORTOPPORTUNITIES

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10

50505050505050505050

500

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1,0501,2001,3501,5008,250

At rate of three new missionaries per church per year

CONCLUSION

The need continues

for New Testament Churches to

be planted in the U.S.

ASKIf any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. – James 1:5

ACCEPTFor to their power, I bear record, yea and beyond their power they were willing of themselves... – II Corinthians 8:3

ACTNow therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. – II Corinthians 8:11

FOLLOWTHROUGH