Let the Nations Be Glad - Joshua Project...Glimpses of God’s work around the world Global South Challenges Religion comparison Remarkable growth Unprecedented outreach Receivers

Let the Nations Be Glad

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The Big PictureSometimes we are so close to something we don’t

see “the forest for the trees.”

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Finishing the Task

1. What is the task?

2. What remains to be done?

3. Glimpses of God’s global work

4. Challenges

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What is “the Task?”

“Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations” Matt 28:19

Nations = ethne = ethnic people groups

Task: Make disciples of all ethnic people groups

Last words are lasting words

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Countries vs Nations

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Overview

Nigeria – one country Nigeria – 538 nations

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Pancakes vs Waffles

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Overview

Is the world like a pancake or a waffle?

Like syrup on a waffle, the Gospel naturally flows only until it

encounters ethnic boundaries.

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“a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues,

standing before the throne and before the Lamb” Rev 5:9

What is “the Task?”

Task: Make God’s Word available in every language

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“Finishing The Task”from two perspectives

▪ Every ethne - peoples

▪ Every tongue - languages

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“Make disciples of all nations”

▪ Who are the ethnic people groups?

▪ Which ones have few, if any, disciples?

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How many ethnic people groups are there?

Total Peoples by Country: 16,800

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How many people groups are considered unreached?

(Unreached = less than 2% Christ-followers)

Current best estimate: 7,000 (40%)

Where are these unreached peoples?

10/40 Window

5 out of every 6 unreached people groups are in the 10/40 Window

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Countries with the most unreached people groups

CountryUnreached

People Groups

India 2276

China 445

Pakistan 386

Bangladesh 293

Nepal 258

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Lodha of India6.8 million,

Hindu, Unreached

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Task: Provide the Scriptures in every language

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Current best estimate: 7,100

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Bible Translation – 7,100 Languages

Approximately 1,650 languages need Bible translation to begin.

Complete Bible670

New Testament

1,530

Portions or Translation Underway

1,150Questionable Need

1,200

Dying900

Translation Needed1,650

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Vision 2025 Accelerated

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2025 - Bible translation in

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language by the year 2025

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Glimpses of God’s work around the world

▪ Religion comparison

▪ Remarkable growth ▪ Unprecedented outreach

▪ Challenges▪ Great Shift

▪ Receivers to senders

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“Islam is growing faster than Christianity.” Agree or disagree?

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Banjar of Indonesia4.1 million,

Sunni Muslim, Unreached

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1949 – Less than 1 million Christians

2017 – More than 100 million Christians

Remarkable Growth

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Remarkable Growth

Amidst an oppressive, anti-Christian regime

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Southern Africa - In 1900, Africa was 3% Christian. Today Africa is more than 50% Christian in some countries. 20,000 new African believers every day.

Remarkable Growth

Turkey - One-third of the new believers in Turkey say they came to Christ because He appeared to them in a dream or vision.

Egypt - A huge cave on the outskirts of Cairo accommodates the largest gathering of disciples in the Middle East; 10,000 meet weekly for worship.

http://localhost/joshuaproject/peopctry.php?rog3=IN&rop3=104709

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Emergence of Messianic Jewish Movement

More Jews have embraced Yeshua as Messiah since 1967 when the Jews took control of Jerusalem than in all the years

between 100 AD and 1967.

Romans 11:25–29“a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved”

▪ The fullness of the Gentiles brought in▪ All Israel must be saved

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The Great Shift

Year% Christians in

Europe and North America

% Christians in Latin America,

Africa, Asia

1800 99% 1%

1900 90% 10%

1985 50% 50%

2017 23% 77%

There are now approximately as many Christ-followers in China

as in the United States.

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Emergence of the “Global South”(Latin America, Africa, Asia)

The new faces of the Body of Christ

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▪ Challenges▪ Global South




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U.S. Missionaries Trend

From 1985 to 2010 long-term missionaries (4+ years) sent out by U.S. mission agencies

has been basically flat.

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Chinese10/40 Window

Koreans

FilipinosNigerians

Latin Americans

India

Rise of Asian, Africa and Latin American missionaries

Sending missionaries into and through the 10/40 Window.

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Khmer of Cambodia14.0 million,

Buddhist, Unreached

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▪ Over 9.5 billion viewers

▪ Available online in over 1,550 languages covering 97% of the world’s population.

The Jesus Film

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Internet

▪ Online evangelism

▪ Social networking

▪ Availability of information

Mobile devices

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Challenge of Persecution

More Christians were martyred in the 20th century than in the previous 19 centuries combined.

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Challenge of Access

About 6,100 out of 7,000 unreached people groups live in restricted access countries

81% of the world's Hindu, Muslims, and Buddhists have never met a Christ-follower

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Challenge of Missionary Distribution

Only about 1 out of 10 cross-cultural foreign missionaries minister among

unreached people groups.

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Challenge of Mission Funding

Question: For every $1 of Christian giving to all causes how much goes to financing pioneer church planting among unreached peoples?

Answer: Less than a penny

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Hazara of Afghanistan2.9 million,

Shi'ite Muslim, Unreached

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“Make disciples of all nations”

Vision of Coca-Cola Company:

“A can of Coke in the handof every person on the planet.”

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How much more Jesus Christ?

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Each of us is a piece of the puzzle.

Every follower of Christ has the responsibility and joy of

participating in the Great Commission

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That There Might Be Worshippers

“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before

the throne and before the Lamb” Rev 7:9

Let the Nations Be Glad

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Let the Nations Be Glad - Joshua Project...Glimpses of God’s work around the world Global South Challenges Religion comparison Remarkable growth Unprecedented outreach Receivers