One of the biggest concerns for
mission leaders is that we start to think the job is finished. We need to
celebrate when many come to Christ. The angels in heaven rejoice when just one
sinner comes to repentance. But we must inform ourselves about the realities,
and guard against the feeling that there is no more work to do:
The truth is, 4.4 billion people on our planet do not know Jesus.
The truth is, currently, at least 1.87 billion people live in areas with no gospel presence at all.
The truth is, in spite of major growth efforts, the percentage of people who call themselves Christian around the world has stayed essentially the same since the beginning of the 1900s (about 34%). We haven’t grown percentage-wise for the past 100 years. [Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends, 40; Market, “Global Christianity.”]
The truth is, 4.4 billion people on our planet do not know Jesus.
The truth is, currently, at least 1.87 billion people live in areas with no gospel presence at all.
The truth is, in spite of major growth efforts, the percentage of people who call themselves Christian around the world has stayed essentially the same since the beginning of the 1900s (about 34%). We haven’t grown percentage-wise for the past 100 years. [Barrett and Johnson, World Christian Trends, 40; Market, “Global Christianity.”]
The truth is that 6500 people groups
still do not have a Christian witness at all.
The truth is …only 5% to 10% of the 100 million people in the Philippines are evangelical believers, leaving 90 million people with Christ.
The truth is …only 5% to 10% of the 100 million people in the Philippines are evangelical believers, leaving 90 million people with Christ.
The truth is…we are not there yet.
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Adapted by Doug Nichols from Daddy Are We There Yet? (A global check-in on the world of mission and kids), Kidzana Ministries, Mukilteo, 2009
Adapted by Doug Nichols from Daddy Are We There Yet? (A global check-in on the world of mission and kids), Kidzana Ministries, Mukilteo, 2009
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