Global Missions Statistics Prepared by Mobilization DivisionU.S. Center for World Mission, Pasadena, CA (1) WORLD POPULATION: 6.055 BILLION PEOPLE One third of earth's people call themselves Christians. One third of non-Christians live in already reached people groups. One third of non-Christians live in unreached people groups. (2) ADHERENTS OF MAJOR RELIGIONS 2.02 Billion - Christians of all kinds 1.21 Billion - Muslims 1.07 Billion - Roman Catholics 925 Million - Atheists & Nonreligious 824 Million - Hindus 657 Million - Evangelicals 364 Million - Buddhists 320 Million - Chinese Folk Religionists 231 Million - Tribal Religionists 200 Million - Other Religions 24 Million - Sikhs 14.5 Million - Jews (3) WORLD POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF 1.6% COMPARED WITH THAT OF MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS World population 1.6%, Muslims 2.6%, All Christians 2.6%, Roman Catholics 1.2%, Protestants 2.8%, Evangelicals 4.7%, Pentecostals and Charismatics 7.3%. (4) MISSIONARIES 425,000 Missionaries from all branches of Christendom (Only between 2 and 3% of those missionaries work among unreached peoples.) 140,000 Protestant Missionaries 64,000 Protestant Missionaries From USA (5) DISTRIBUTION OF PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES AMONG CULTURAL BLOCKS 74% Among Nominal Christians 8% Among Tribal Peoples 6% Among Muslims 4% Among Non-Religious/Atheists 3% Among Buddhists 2% Among Hindus 2% Among Chinese Folk Religions 1% Among Jewish Peoples (6) GLOBAL CHURCH MEMBER FINANCE IN US DOLLARS 15,500 Billion - Total Annual Income 280 Billion - Giving to Christian Causes (1.8% of total income) 16 Billion - To Foreign Missions (5.7% of Giving to Christian causes) TARGET GROUPS WHERE FOREIGN MISSION FUNDS ARE SPENT ~87% goes for work among those already Christian, ~12% for work among already evangelized non-Christians, and ~1% for work among people groups in the Unevangelized or Unreached category. (7) OF 24,000 OF A WORLD TOTAL *UNIMAX PEOPLE GROUPS, 10,000 ARE UNREACHED 3700 Muslim 2700 Hindu 2000 Tribal 1000 Buddhist 400 Other 150 Chinese Folk Religions 50 Non-Religious/Atheist (Of those Unreached, 1600 have more than 10,000 persons; 8,400 fewer than 10,000.) (A large number of these Unreached Groups live in so called closed countries.) (8) AVERAGE MINISTRY COST IN U.S. DOLLARS FOR EACH CONVERT'S BAPTISM Mozambique 1400 (Least) Ethiopia 2700 (2nd) Nepal 3700 (5th) Cambodia 4300 (8th) World A: 32,000 World B: 48,000 World C 490,000 Continents: Africa 14,000 Asia 61,000 Latin America 145,000 Oceania 634,000 Europe 993,000 United States $1,500,000! * A Unimax People is a largest group within which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance. World A: Unevangelized World B: Evangelized Non-Christian World C: Christian World. MAIN SOURCES: David B. Barrett and Todd M. Johnson (Global Evangelization Movement) Luis Bush and Beverly Pegues ("The Move of the Holy Spirit in the 10/40 Window") Patrick Johnstone ("The Church is Bigger Than You Think"). The following web sites are valuable sources of statistical, unreached people group or country information: 1. www.gem-werc.org/index.htm 2. www.Bethany.com/profiles/home.html 3. www.ad2000.org 4. www.antioch.com.sg/mission/asianmo/
