You can help reach Unreached People Groups

42% of the World Population is Unreached

More than 3 Billion people have extremely limited access to the Gospel.

An Unreached People Group is an ethnic group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this people group without outside assistance.^[1]. These peoples do not have a self-sustained church able to expand on it’s own and normally encounter extreme difficulty in meeting Christians. Generally they have extremely limited access to Christian material or resources.

They make up 42% of the World Population
That equals over 3.11 billion people

7,033 People Group are Unreached
41% of the worlds 16,954 people groups are classified as "unreached" (UPG).

Money and Missions

How much is being invested?

Global Christian Income

Christians (General) – $45 Trillion USD ^[3]
Evangelicals – $7 Trillion USD ^[5]

Investment in “General Ministry”

1.65% of Christian income, or ($700 billion) is invested in “Christian Causes”
0.11% of Christian income ($45 billion) is invested in missions
0.0064% of Christian income ($450 million) is invested in “Unreached People Groups” ^[4]

Billion Invested in Missions

$42.45 billion (94.4%) invested in national missions in Christian countries and foreign missions in “Reached” countries. ^[6]
$2.1 billion (4.6%) toward the “non-Christian” world. This is different than “Unreached” ^[6]
$450 million (1%) to reach Unreached People Groups. ^[4]

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Evangelicals give on average less than 10 cents per month to reach the Unreached

The Church has more than 3000 times the human resources and 9000 times the financial resources needed to fulfill the Great Commission.

Hypothetical Cases

based on the data we have

Evangelicals give less than 10 cents per month on average to reach the unreached. [7]

The Church has more than 3000 times the human resources and 9000 times the financial resources needed to fulfill the Great Commission. ^[5].

Evangelicals could provide all the financial resources necessary to plant a church in all Unreached People Groups with only 0.03% of their income^[5].

Peoples and Missions

	Povos Alcançados	Povos Minimamente Alcançados	Povos Não Alcançados	Fonte
Numero de Povos	6950	2987	7076	Joshua Project
População	3,5 bilhões	829 milhões	3,13 bilhões	Joshua Project
% da População Global	46,9%	11%	42%	Joshua Project
Missionários	309.315	77.610	13.315	Atlas of Global Christianity 2009
% de Total de Missionários	77,3%	19,4%	3,3%	Atlas of Global Christianity 2009

What is an Unreached People Group?

A people group with less than 2% evangelical presence [1]
Inexistent or extremely limited access to the gospel.
Includes the Unengaged People Groups, which are people groups with no church planting initiative in active development. Unengaged peoples total 1.5 billion. 59% of Unreached People Groups are Unengaged. [2][1] Joshua Project – Definitions
[2] Joshua Project – Frontier Peoples

What is a Least Reached People Group?

This definition includes the following categories:
Least Reached

Few Evangelicals, but a significant number who identify as “Christian”.
Less then or up to 2% evangelical presence
More than 5% and less than 50% “Christian” in a broad sense.

Superficially Reached

Few Evangelicals, but many who identify as “Christian”. High need for spiritual renewal and a dedication to biblical faith.
Less than or up to 2% evangelical
More than 50% “Christian” in a broad sense.

Source: Joshua Project

What is a Reached People Group?

This number includes the following two categories of progress of the Gospel in reached areas as defined by the Joshua Project.

Partially Reached People Groups

Between 2% and 10% Evangelical
A modest presente of evangelical
Public access to Christian or evangelistic material

Significantly Reached Peoples

More than 10% Evangelical
Open acess to various Christian denominations
Open and easy access to Christian and evangelistic material

[1] Joshua Project – Progress Scale
[2] Joshua Project

400,000 Crosscultural Missionaries

There are 900 churches for each unreached people group.
Source: USCWM, Mission Frontiers, 2001

There are 89,000 Evangelical Christians for each unreached people group.
Number calculated using 630 million evangelicals including pentecostals, and 7076 unreached peoples.
Source:CNEF, GLOBAL STATISTICS 2017, lecnef.org, France, accessed November 18, 2017 e Joshua Project.

Uncomfortable Observations

There are 900 churches for each unreached people group.
Fonte: USCWM, Mission Frontiers, 2001

There are 89,000 Evangelical Christians for each unreached people group.
Number based on 630 million evangelicals including Pentecostals, and 7076 Unreached People Groups
Sources: CNEF, GLOBAL STATISTICS 2017, lecnef.org, France, accessed November 18, 2017 e Joshua Project.

The Church has more than 3000 times the human resources and 9000 times the financial resources needed to fulfill the Great Commission.

Evangelicals could provide all the financial resources necessary to plan a church in all of the over 7000 unreached people groups with only 0.03% of their income^[5].
Observations based on stats from the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 39 No. 1 , o World Christian Database, 2015, e World Christian Trends, Pg. 656. Observation noted by the Travelling Team.