Most of the people groups still unreached by the gospel live in places stretching across the maps of northern Africa and Asia. This band is known as "the 10/40 window" because it lies across Africa and Asia from 10 degrees latitude north of the equator to 40 degrees latitude north of the equator.
Missions statistics from the places of the 10/40 Window:
Center of population: Two-thirds of the world's population -- more than 3.2 billion people -- live in the 10/40 Window.
Unreached and unevangelized: 95% of the people living in the 10/40 Window are unevangelized. Many have never heard the Gospel message even once. There are either no Christians or not enough of a Christian movement in many cultures of the 10/40 Window to carry out vibrant near-neighbor evangelism. If those groups are to be evangelized, believers will need to leave their own culture to enter another where they will seek to plant the gospel.
Missions statistics from the places of the 10/40 Window:
Center of population: Two-thirds of the world's population -- more than 3.2 billion people -- live in the 10/40 Window.
Unreached and unevangelized: 95% of the people living in the 10/40 Window are unevangelized. Many have never heard the Gospel message even once. There are either no Christians or not enough of a Christian movement in many cultures of the 10/40 Window to carry out vibrant near-neighbor evangelism. If those groups are to be evangelized, believers will need to leave their own culture to enter another where they will seek to plant the gospel.
Poverty: Eighty-five percent of those living in the 10/40 window are the poorest of the world's poor.
World religions: Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism are centered within the 10/40 Window.
Least evangelized cities: Half of the world's least evangelized cities are in this window.
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