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Great Commission Priorities
Where are the people who have not heard about
Jesus?
Where should we prioritize taking the Gospel?
Prioritization of the Great Commission (Overview)
• There is a great need to prioritize the Great Commission. Greater emphasis needs to be placed on bringing the awesome truth of Jesus to the least reached.
• 80% of missionaries are among evangelized (nominal) Christian people groups and a very large portion of Christian resources are in the U.S.
• There are many people who have heard little or nothing about Jesus and have almost nobody praying for them (by name) or who can tell them about Jesus.
• We need to prioritize these unreached people so we can obey our Master and complete the task He's given us all to do.
• We can pray more for those who have not heard the truth about Jesus and we can reallocate the resources at our disposal in order to more significantly impact the world for eternity.
Past Fruitful / Successful Missions
• Christian missions have been successful in many places like sub-Saharan Africa
• Just like a successful investment portfolio requires reallocation to strategically distribute resources (especially when do well in some areas and not in others), effective Great Commission outreach requires reallocation of resources.
Completing the Great Commission
• Jesus told us to make disciples of all ethne / ethnos (people groups)
• In order to do this, we Christian disciples must be engaged with all ethne
• At present, there are many peoples with little or no Gospel witness
• In order to fulfill Jesus’ last command, we must make it a high priority
• This requires that we send people and resources where they are currently sparse but in very great need
Where are the majority of gospel / Christian
resources?
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Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001. (WCT)
If resources were distributed equally, they would be distributed according to:
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Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Actually:
Legend
Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Country Share Christian Income 0.005 or less
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.005 to 0.024
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.024 to 0.078
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.078 to 0.150
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.150 to 0.420
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.420 to 0.610
Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.610 to 1.000
Country Share Christian Income greater than 1.000 to 2.430
Country Share Christian Income greater than 2.430 to 5.200
Country Share Christian Income greater than 5.200
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion)
Highest Ratio (more than country’s portion)
< 1.0 (Has less than country’s fair share per person)
= 1.0 (Has country’s fair share per person)
> 1.0 (Has more than country’s fair share per person)Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Ratios of Countries’ Portions of the World’s Christian (Personal or Church) Income on a per Person Basis
7.4 x proportionalshare
0.51 x proportional share
0.017
0.0083
0.0491.3
0.0018
Afghanistan 0.000072 x proportional
share
Net Cost per Convert (Baptism) {$}
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Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
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Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Cost per Baptism 6,700 or less
Cost per Baptism greater than 6,700 to 13,900
Cost per Baptism greater than 13,900 to 34,200
Cost per Baptism greater than 34,200 to 53,150
Cost per Baptism greater than 53,150 to 99,300
Cost per Baptism greater than 99,300 to 174,700
Cost per Baptism greater than 174,700 to 325,600
Cost per Baptism greater than 325,600 to 542,000
Cost per Baptism greater than 542,000 to 1,108,000
Cost per Baptism greater than 1,108,000
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Cost Effectiveness of World Missions Based on the Cost to Lead to the Baptism of a New Convert
$1,551,000
$130,000
$15,800
$9,800
$40,800$171,800
Afghanistan $30,400
Mozambique $1,400
Most Effective
Least Effective
David Barrett on Good Missions Stewardship
“Dollar for dollar and hour for hour, the harvest coming from the 10/40 Window nations outstrips that from the rest of the world 100 to 1,” Barrett says. “That is, if the same money and time spent to win one person to the Lord in the West were put to use in the 10/40 Window nations, the effort would yield a harvest of 100 souls added to the kingdom of God. It is 100 times more cost effective, therefore, to reach those in the 10/40 Window. But for a sizable number of ethnolinguistic groups, cost-effectiveness reaches 1000 times more than in Western countries.”
World Christian Encyclopedia
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Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
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Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Country Share Christian Workers 0.05 or less
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.05 to 0.18
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.18 to 0.39
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.39 to 0.66
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.66 to 1.00
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 1.00 to 1.53
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 1.53 to 2.17
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 2.17 to 3.20
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 3.20 to 4.35
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 4.35
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion)
Highest Ratio (more than country’s portion)
< 1.0 (Has less than country’s fair share per person)
= 1.0 (Has country’s fair share per person)
> 1.0 (Has more than country’s fair share per person)Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Ratios of Countries’ Portions of the World’s Christian Workers on a per Person Basis
6.0 x proportionalshare
1.6 x proportional share
0.0900.33
0.290.97
0.0097
0.034
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Afghanistan 0.0035 x
proportional share
Christian Periodicals, % in a Given Country
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Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Legend
Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Country Share Christian Periodicals 0.08 or less
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 0.08 to 0.27
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 0.27 to 0.47
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 0.47 to 0.64
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 0.64 to 1.00
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 1.00 to 2.10
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 2.10 to 4.40
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 4.40 to 7.80
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 7.80 to 19.80
Country Share Christian Periodicals greater than 19.80
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Fewest
Most
Ratios of Countries’ Portions of the World’s Christian Periodicals on a per Person Basis
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
< 1.0 (Has less than country’s fair share per person)
= 1.0 (Has country’s fair share per person)
> 1.0 (Has more than country’s fair share per person)
5.0 x proportionalshare
0.18 x proportional share
0.0070
0.21
0.330.52
0.0078
0.054
0.056
Afghanistan 0.0035 x
proportional share
Note: Most of the red or orange nations are islands
Average Number of Discipleship Opportunities per Person per Year (Lowest 25 + Misc. Countries)
0
100
200
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400
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600
Source: Barrett, David, and Todd Johnson. World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2001.
Legend
Major Lakes
Countries - ISO Link Code
Disciple Offers per Person per Year 4 or less
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 4 to 19
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 19 to 120
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 120 to 265
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 265 to 345
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 345 to 440
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 440 to 483
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 483 to 528
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 528 to 557
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 557
Unclassified Features
World Oceans
Fewest
Most
Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson
Number of Evangelistic Offers or Opportunities to Become a Disciple per Capita per Year
368
268
16
13
29562
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0.034
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Afghanistan 0.02
2
Needed in the U.S.
• Clearly the U.S. has more than her share of Christian finances, resources, and ministers.
• Thus, the U.S. does NOT need more money to obey the Great Commission in this nation
• Obedient followers of Jesus with vision (from the Lord) are needed
The Great Need for More Emphasis on
Reaching the Unevangelized with
the Gospel
And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.”
Revelation 5:9
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
Revelation 7:9
It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
Romans 15:20, 21
• Current Missionary distribution: 2.4% (among) unevangelized, 24.5% evangelized non-Christians, 73.1% Christians (pp. 40 & 55)
• 1990 AoG missionaries – 2.0%, 34.2%, 63.8% (p. 57)• 1990 Pentecostal/Charismatic missionaries – 1%, 25%, 74% (p. 56)• Foreign mission money p.a. – 1.7%, 11.7%, 86.6% (p. 55)• Full-time workers – 0.4%, 23.7%, 75.9% (p. 55)• Tracts (leaflets) p.a. – 0.2%, 4.0%, 95.8% (p. 55)
From “World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200” by David Barrett and Todd Johnson
• Only 8.7% of all Christian personnel, outreach, and evangelism ever gets through to the evangelized non-Christian world/peoples and only 0.3% to the unevangelized (p. 81)
• 91% of all Christian outreach/evangelism does not target non-Christians but targets other Christians in (60%+) Christian countries, cities, peoples, populations, or situations (p. 3)
• It costs Christians 700 times more money to baptize converts in rich Christian countries (Switzerland) than in poor unevangelized countries (Nepal) (p. 3)
Windows International Network
• “Only five pennies of every $100 given to missions goes to the 10/40 Window!”
• That's 0.05%!!!
Pioneers (Missions Organization)
• “Worldwide, Christians earn $12.3 trillion a year.Of that $12.3 trillion, only 1.7% is given to Christian causes of any kind.Of this 1.7%, only 5.4% goes to foreign missions.Of this 5.4%, only 1% goes to people without any opportunity to hear about Jesus!”
• Let's break this down: 0.092% of all Christian earned income goes to missions. 0.054% of the money of Christian causes goes to unreached peoples. 0.00092% of all Christian earned income goes to people with little or no opportunity to hear about Jesus!
• Core Value: Unreached PeoplesWe believe that our primary calling from God is to proclaim Christ among unreached peoples--those groups remaining in the world who have the least opportunity to hear and understand the life-giving message of the Gospel. There are still many hundreds of ethno-linguistic groups who do not have their own churches. Our passion is to bring the first spark of light to these dark places.
<http://www.pioneers.org/Portals/0/UltimateImpact.pdf>, page 5
<http://www.pioneers.org/Default.aspx?tabid=39&PrevTab=1>, Core Values Matter
Quote from Justin Long in the May-June 2006 issue of “Missions Frontiers”
• "The majority of Christians in the world are still not aware of the challenge of the unreached, and many that are aware feel little or no responsibility. . . . Of the US $15 billion given to missions, less than 2% is given for mission to the unreached, and less than 5% of the world's missionaries are focused on the unreached." (Emphasis added.)
• "Will we change? If current patterns continue, the unreached will still represent one-fourth of the world's population in 2025. 'Insanity,'wrote Albert Einstein, 'is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.'" (Emphasis added.)
< http://www.missionfrontiers.org/2006/03/PDFs/08-11_Ethne.pdf >, page 9
Where Are Missionaries Needed the Most?
• Unreached people groups
• Least evangelized world or unevangelized world (“World A”)
• 10/40 Window
Where Are the People Who Have Not Heard About Jesus?
• Most Christians can more easily locate countries rather than people groups
• Joshua Project* and WCT missions information was used to prioritize the nations using ten criteria
• Data for 15,893 people groups and 222 countries were used to evaluate the status of Christianity in the nations
• The results have many possible applications about world evangelization efforts
*<http://www.joshuaproject.net/download.php >
Prioritization Weighting
Criteria (Percent Weighting) Description
Percent Least Reached (24%) Percent of the country's population living in a least reached people group
Number Evangelism/Discipleship Opportunities (18%) The (average) number of discipleship offers per person per year in the country
Joshua Project Progress (15%) Progress of or response to the Gospel
Christian Workers per Million (14%) Number of Christian workers per million population
Ministry Tools (8%) Bible translation status, Jesus film, audio recordings, & Christian radio broadcasting
Country Indices (8%) Location indices (country persecution index, human development index, & percent evangelical)
Population People Least Reached (6%) Population living in a least reached people group
Number Least Reached People Groups (4%) Number of least reached people groups in the country
Population (2%) Population of the country
Cost / Convert (1%) Average cost to lead to a baptism
Percent Least Reached(24%)
Number Evang/DisciOpportunities (18%)
Joshua Project Progress(15%)
Christian Workers perMillion (14%)
Ministry Tools (8%)
Country Indices (8%)
Population People LeastReached (6%)
Number Least ReachedPeople Groups (4%)
Population (2%)
Cost / Convert (1%)
Legend
Major Lakes
Countr ies - ISO Link Code
Prior itization Score 18.2 or less
Prior itization Score greater than 18.2 to 24.0
Prior itization Score greater than 24.0 to 28.6
Prior itization Score greater than 28.6 to 35.0
Prior itization Score greater than 35.0 to 42.7
Prior itization Score greater than 42.7 to 49.5
Prior itization Score greater than 49.5 to 61.6
Prior itization Score greater than 61.6 to 74.0
Prior itization Score greater than 74.0 to 81.9
Prior itization Score greater than 81.9
Unclassif ied Features
World Oceans
Lowest Priority
Highest Priority
Great Commission Prioritization of Countries
Note: Most of the purple nations are (small) islands
Data Source: Advocates for the Unreached
Country Great Commission Status / Prioritization Scores
Total Country Rank96.93 Afghanistan 195.34 Yemen 294.81 Iran 393.79 Pakistan 493.59 Algeria 592.30 Bangladesh 691.25 Morocco 790.84 Mauritania 890.57 Turkey 989.86 Somalia 1089.79 Bhutan 1189.51 Western Sahara 1289.50 Tunisia 1389.41 Niger 1488.83 Comoros 1588.65 Saudi Arabia 1688.28 Uzbekistan 1787.33 Iraq 1886.93 Libya 1986.21 Maldives 2086.10 Turkmenistan 2186.03 Nepal 2285.88 Azerbaijan 2385.83 Tajikistan 2485.14 Korea North 25
85.01 Guinea 2684.20 Mali 2783.91 Cambodia 2883.69 Mongolia 2983.34 Thailand 3083.18 Oman 3182.45 Laos 3281.65 Mayotte 3381.03 Senegal 3480.33 Djibouti 3579.59 India 3679.41 Kyrgyzstan 3779.04 Japan 3878.86 Gambia 3978.71 Myanmar 4078.20 Sri Lanka 4178.05 Israel 4277.95 Syria 4376.81 Jordan 4476.80 United Arab Emirates4576.75 Sudan 4675.24 Kazakhstan 4773.89 Indonesia 4873.67 Bahrain 4973.60 Guinea-Bissau 50
72.51 Kuwait 5172.47 Chad 5272.38 Viet Nam 5372.34 Eritrea 5470.09 Qatar 5569.44 Bosnia-Herzegovina5669.04 Egypt 5767.14 Malaysia 5866.29 China 5965.09 Nigeria 6064.64 Brunei 6164.39 Serbia and Montenegro6264.23 Tanzania 6364.19 Sierra Leone 6463.12 Macedonia 6562.81 Mozambique 6662.55 Georgia 6762.43 Ivory Coast 6862.27 Ethiopia 6962.19 Taiwan 7061.99 Lebanon 7161.85 Burkina Faso 7261.26 Benin 7359.70 Russia 7459.66 Guyana 75
58.25 Togo 7657.40 Central African Rep7756.73 Singapore 7856.32 Palestine 7955.85 Liberia 8055.17 Bulgaria 8154.18 France 8253.92 Cameroon 8353.19 Belarus 8452.85 Ghana 8552.50 Ukraine 8651.87 East Timor 8750.84 Armenia 8848.85 Moldavia 8948.34 Zambia 9048.23 Cyprus 9148.19 Kenya 9247.46 Liechtenstein 9346.84 Austria 9446.67 Belgium 9546.35 Philippines 9646.21 Reunion 9746.14 Madagascar 9846.02 Italy 9945.92 Greece 100
45.91 Estonia 10145.62 Gibraltar 10245.40 Netherlands 10345.35 Albania 10444.79 Gabon 10544.24 Equatorial Guinea10644.19 Czech Republic 10743.96 Namibia 10843.83 Andorra 10943.55 Malawi 11043.31 Mauritius 11143.06 Spain 11242.77 Slovenia 11342.46 Germany 11441.93 Fiji 11541.35 Luxembourg 11641.21 Latvia 11741.17 Lithuania 11841.04 Croatia 11940.35 Trinidad & Tobago12040.24 Canada 12139.64 Uganda 12239.53 Sweden 12338.35 Suriname 12438.27 Britain 12537.65 South Africa 12637.42 French Guiana 12736.90 Congo-Brazzaville12836.78 Monaco 12935.97 Australia 130
35.67 Zimbabwe 13135.29 Northern Mariana Is13234.74 Cuba 13334.58 Slovakia 13434.01 Uruguay 13533.16 San Marino 13633.13 Switzerland 13733.01 Hungary 13832.98 Argentina 13932.82 Romania 14032.56 United States 14131.97 Botswana 14231.44 Denmark 14331.33 Peru 14431.26 Poland 14530.73 Papua New Guinea14630.60 Greenland 14730.50 Rwanda 14829.41 Congo-Zaire 14928.76 Finland 15028.58 Norway 15128.15 Mexico 15227.55 New Caledonia 15327.07 Angola 15426.53 Dominican Republic15526.26 Cayman Islands 15626.13 Sao Tome & Principe15726.04 Ecuador 15825.70 Netherlands Antilles15925.41 Barbados 160
25.32 Jamaica 16125.00 Saint Vincent 16224.85 Guatemala 16324.77 Aruba 16424.73 Portugal 16524.56 Honduras 16624.42 New Zealand 16723.79 Vanuatu 16823.60 Venezuela 16922.95 Burundi 17022.89 American Samoa 17122.78 Saint Kitts & Nevis17222.43 Martinique 17322.23 Korea South 17422.08 Chile 17521.84 Panama 17621.75 Paraguay 17721.31 Belize 17820.97 Micronesia 17920.61 Brazil 18020.33 Colombia 18120.06 Seychelles 18219.75 Nicaragua 18319.57 Isle of Man 18419.32 Solomon Islands 18519.07 Bahamas 18618.75 Turks & Caicos Is18718.75 Ireland 18818.46 Iceland 18917.88 British Virgin Is 19017.28 Swaziland 191
17.24 Lesotho 19217.09 Costa Rica 19316.66 Wallis & Futuna Is19416.25 Bermuda 19516.21 El Salvador 19615.95 Dominica 19715.94 Cape Verde 19815.94 Marshall Islands 19915.36 Guadeloupe 20015.21 Haiti 20113.92 Tuvalu 20213.70 Bolivia 20313.29 Virgin Is of the US20413.17 Puerto Rico 20513.12 French Polynesia20612.63 Nauru 20712.37 Grenada 20812.00 Antigua 20911.00 Malta 21010.94 Anguilla 211
9.75 Palau 2129.65 Saint Lucia 2139.14 Faeroe Islands 2148.73 Guam 2158.13 Kiribati 2167.86 Montserrat 2177.30 Saint Helena 2185.33 Tonga 2194.80 Cook Islands 2203.61 Samoa 2211.88 Saint Pierre & Miquelon222
Need of USA vs. Other Countries
*Note: Of the 1,533,000 Christian workers in the U.S., 1.28 million or 83.4% of these Christian workers could perhaps be missionaries in another country in order to achieve global equity
USA Afghanistan India China Indonesia
Priority 141 1 36 59 48
% of World’s Full-Time Christian Workers
27.8%(6.0 x %
pop.)
0.0013%(1/292 x %
pop.)
5.6%(1/3.0 x %
pop.)
1.9%(1/11 x %
pop.)
1.0%(1/3.5 x %
pop.)
% of All Christian
Personal or Church Income
34.1%(7.4 x %
pop.)
0.00002%(1/19,000 x
% pop.)
0.14%(1/120 x % pop.)
0.36%(1/58 x %
pop.)
0.17%(1/21 x %
pop.)
% of World Population
4.6% 0.38% 16.7% 20.9% 3.5%
Need of USA vs. Other Countries (cont’d)
Sources: Barrett and Johnson WCT, Joshua Project
USA Afghanistan India China Indonesia
# Discipleship Opportunities per Person per
Year
368 Less than 1 13 16 29
% Population Least Reached in the Country
0.3% 99.9% 89.8% 15.1% 66.4%
% Christian 76% 0.03% 2.3% 7.3% 8%
% Evangelical Christian
32.5% 0.0% 1.8% 6.0% 4.0%
Average Cost / Convert
$1,551,000 $30,000 $9,803 $15,828 $40,765
Lausanne Covenant In 1974, it was more difficult to get many Christians,
especially from different denominations, to agree upon some things. Yet, something remarkable happened after the Rev. Billy Graham and his evangelistic association helped initiate Lausanne I: The International Congress
on World Evangelization in Switzerland. In July of 1974, more than 2,300 evangelical leaders from 150 countries
agreed upon the Lausanne Covenant to be more intentional about world evangelization.
The following paragraph is quoted from the Lausanne Covenant of 1974 and would be an excellent centerpiece or core value of any church missions program or personal missions involvement.
9. THE URGENCY OF THE EVANGELISTIC TASK
"More than 2,700 million people, which is more than two-thirds of all humanity, have yet to be evangelised. We are ashamed that so many have been neglected; it is a standing rebuke to us and to the whole Church. There is now, however, in many parts of the world an unprecedented receptivity to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are convinced that this is the time for churches and para-church agencies to pray earnestly for the salvation of the unreached and to launch new efforts to achieve world evangelization. A reduction of foreign missionaries and money in an evangelised country may sometimes be necessary to facilitate the national church's growth in self-reliance and to release resources for unevangelised areas. Missionaries should flow ever more freely from and to all six continents in a spirit of humble service. The goal should be, by all available means and at the earliest possible time, that every person will have the opportunity to hear, understand, and to receive the good news. We cannot hope to attain this goal without sacrifice. All of us are shocked by the poverty of millions and disturbed by the injustices which cause it. Those of us who live in affluent circumstances accept our duty to develop a simple life-style in order to contribute more generously to both relief and evangelism." (Emphasis added.)
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What Can We Do?• #1 – More prayer is needed for people in
highly prioritized nations who have little or no opportunity to hear the truth about Jesus and very few Christians to pray for them
• New missionaries can be sent to least reached peoples
• Gospel tools can be used or translated to help reach high priority people
• Greater emphasis could be placed on international student ministry
Practical Ways to Make a Difference• Churches and individuals can evaluate the
missionaries / organizations they support and consider focusing more on high priority countries
• Churches could add more new missionaries &/or establish goals to increase the percentage of their support in high priority nations
• 10/40 Window Bible school scholarships, radio, Bible translation, or scripture / gospel literature support could be earmarked for high priority countries (like with Gospel for Asia, the Bible League, or Every Home for Christ)
• Get involved with international student ministry
Conclusion
• There is a great need to prioritize reaching people who have little or no access to the Gospel
• Countries with many least reached peoples can be targeted with more focused prayer and new missionaries or gospel resources.