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World Missions Quiz. Which 18 th century missionary pioneer is considered the father of modern missions?. World Missions Quiz. Which 18 th century missionary pioneer is considered the father of modern missions? William Carey 41 years in India. World Missions Quiz. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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World Missions Quiz
• Which 18th century missionary pioneer is considered the father of modern missions?
World Missions Quiz
• Which 18th century missionary pioneer is considered the father of modern missions?
• William Carey• 41 years in India
World Missions Quiz
For every $1 of Christian giving to all causes how much goes to financing pioneer church planting among unreached peoples?
World Missions Quiz
For every $1 of Christian giving to all causes how much goes to financing pioneer church planting among unreached peoples?
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• Answer: Less than a penny
World Missions Quiz
• Approximately how many people groups in the world are still unreached with the gospel?
World Missions Quiz
• Approximately how many people groups in the world are still unreached with the gospel?
• 7,100
•Why are you going to the Middle East?
• Isn’t it dangerous?
The End of the Age?
What is the sign of His Coming?
… what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3… “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." Matthew 24:14
Some of Jesus’ Last Words“Make disciples of all the nations” Matthew 28:19
How are we doing?What is the status of
making disciples of all people groups?
Nations = ethne = ethnic people groups
Has the Gospel been preached in all the
nations?
How Many Ethnic People Groups Are
There?Total Peoples by
Country:16,600
How Many People Groups Are Considered Unreached?
(Using criteria of less than 2% Christ-follower and less than 5% Adherent)
Current best estimate:
7,100
Positive trends in global Christian
missions
Evangelical Christianity is growing faster than Islam and two times faster than Buddhism
and Hinduism.
1.30% 1.20% 1.20%
1.90%
2.60%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
Ann
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row
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ate
Major Religions Annual Growth
Rates
Remarkable Growth of Christianity
Emergence of the Global South
• True Christianity has grown by more than 300 million believers in the past ten years.
• 10 million from North America and Europe
• 290 million from developing countries like Nigeria, Brazil, India and China.
The new faces of true Christianity
Transition to Non-Western Church
Year% Christians
in Europe and North America
% Christians in Latin
America, Africa, Asia
1800 99% 1%1900 90% 10%1985 50% 50%2010 31% 69%There are now more true followers
of Christ in China than in the United States.
Acceleration of Bible Translation
The New Testament has been translated into the mother tongue of over 82% of the world’s
population. Audio New Testaments in the largest 700 languages are available online.
Bible Translation Status
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500
1000
1500
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0 500 1000 1500 2000Cum
ulat
ive
Bib
le P
ortio
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Tran
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ed What happened after 1500 that caused such a dramatic rise?
Unprecedented Outreach• 65,000,000 men, women
and children hear the Gospel for the first time every year.
• 178,000 will hear the Good News today for the first time.
• In the last 12 months 50,000 new churches were started.
Estimated missionaries sent by various countries over the next 15-
20 years.
Rise of Latin American, African, Asian Missionaries
Koreans – 30,000Chinese – 50,000Filipinos – 10,000Nigerians – 15,000Indians – 40,000Latin Americans – 21,000
Messianic Jewish Movement
More Jews have embraced Jesus as Messiah since 1967 when the Jews took control of Jerusalem
than in all the years between 100 AD and 1967.
Negative trends in global Christian
missions
More Christians were martyred in the 20th century than in the previous 19 centuries combined.About 200 million Christians in 60 countries currently suffer persecution. Globally, approximately one in ten Christians suffers persecution.Every 24 hours, another 480 believers are martyred for their faith in Christ.
Growing Persecution of
Christians
Decline in Western Missionaries
From 1985 to 2008 long-term missionaries (4+ years) sent out
by U.S. mission agencies has been flat to declining.
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
Imbalance in Missionary Distribution
Answer: Only about 1 in 10 missionaries work among unreached peoples.
Question: What percentage of missionaries work among unreached peoples?
Imbalance in Missions Finances
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
Post-Christian Europe and North America86% of the world's Hindu, Muslims, and Buddhists do not know a Christian Still 7,100 unreached people groups
Challenges to the Unfinished Task
White for harvestDo you not say, "There are yet four months, and then comes the
harvest"? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for
harvest. John 4:35
For more information contact:
Joshua ProjectPO Box 62614
Colorado Springs, CO 80962 USA
• 1982
• God said to me, “I am going to do a great work in these last days and I don’t need you. But you can be involved if you want.”
Cuba
Cuba has experienced one of the greatest revivals in modern times.
1989 Less than 200,000
believers
2013 More than 2 million
believers
International School of Ministry in Cuba
First Graduating Class 2005
Six graduations – 104 graduates
Most are in full time ministry
46 graduates in fall 2013
Acts 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert.
86% of the world’s Muslims do not know a Christian.
Romans 10:14-15 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
Middle East Project Prayer Team1)Commit to pray regularly
Middle East Project Prayer Team1)Commit to pray regularly
2)Commit to pray immediately when a request is sent
Middle East Project Prayer Team1)Commit to pray regularly
2)Commit to pray immediately when a request is sent
3)Understand the prayer codes
Financial donations will be used for
1)Ongoing expenses in Cuba
2)Travel to and from the Middle East
Donations may be mailed to:
Middle East ProjectP.O. Box 451041Grove, OK 74345
Or online at www.newsonggrove.com