Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC) represents the progress of the gospel among the peoples of the world by measuring: the percentage of Evangelical Christians in each people group; the people group’s access to major evangelical print, audio, visual, or human resources; Church-planting activity within or among the people group.
The GSEC model shows how many “unreached people groups” (UPGs) there are in the world and how many of those UPGs can be identified as “Last Frontier people groups” (the most unreached).
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Evangelical Christians believe that salvation is possible only through personal faith in Jesus Christ,recognize the inspired Word of God as the only basis for faith and Christian living,
and are committed to using God’s Word to bring others to faith in Jesus Christ.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Status 0No evangelical Christians or churches.
No access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Status 1Less than 2 percent evangelical. Some evangelical resources available.
No active church planting within the past two years.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Status 2Less than 2 percent evangelical.
Initial (localized) church planting within the past two years.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Status 3Less than 2 percent evangelical.
Widespread church planting within the past two years.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Status 4Greater than or equal to 2 percent evangelical, but less than 5 percent evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Status 5Greater than or equal to 5 percent evangelical, but less than 10 percent evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Status 6Greater than or equal to 10 percent evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Last Frontier People GroupsThe Status of Global Evangelization defines a Last Frontier People Group as a people group which is unreached
and has not had a new evangelical church started within the past two years.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
Unreached People GroupsThe Status of Global Evangelization defines an Unreached People Group as a people group in which less than 2%
of the population are Evangelical Christians.
Evangelicals Around the World
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14 (NIV)
