This is a place in the world between the 10 th and 40 th parallels it extends from west africa to japan. Pray for the entire people group pray the group will grow in others esteem for the importance of what they create. In ad 100 there were 12 unreached people groups for every congregation of believers. In addition, the 1040 window contains the overwhelming majority of the worlds least evangelized megacities that is those with a population of more. This means approximately 61% of the individuals in the 1040 window live in an unreached people group. After sharing the state of the world with shortterm mission teams for so many years, it was time to go out into the harvest field and do something about it ourselves. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Any ethnic or ethnolinguistic nation without enough christians to evangelize the rest of the nation is an unreached people group. This is where the frontiers are, and it is where god is. The answer depends on how one defines a people group. It is a missiological term used by evangelical christians. The 1040 window also contains the largest unreached peoples over one million in population. Chinasource how many unreached peoples are there in china.
A lot has been written and many strategies have been designed as to how the upgs are to be reached. A large percent of the unreached people groups are found in this window. The unreached people groups upgs concept is very popular among evangelicals, especially those who take the great commission very seriously. Christians can learn about missions, the status of world evangelization, indigenous missionaries aka national, native, local, home missionaries, radio and internet ministry, supporting and partnering to reach the 1040 window and the world with the gospel. It also talk about the remaining people groups who have yet to hear the gospel and those that are considered unengaged. Pray for peace among this community and that they will begin to have success in selling their products. Pray for the entire people group pray the lord will give gaur rajputs a spiritual hunger, then satisfy that hunger.
Geographically, where are these unreached people groups located. Mission frontiers 40 years of unreached peoples effort. Through migration, people who previously had no access to the gospel are living among us, giving us an. First, from a historical and biblical perspective this is the region where god called his people to begin the faith journey with him there are approximately 17 million jews in the 1040 window.
As god continues to lead his church to engage peoples not yet reached with the gospel, this map illustrates progress toward a multitude from every language, people, tribe and nation knowing and. The majority of these unreached groups lie within the 1040 window, which is a metaphorical window that looks over north africa, asia, and the middle east. The 1040 window is a helpful model to illustrate where the majority of unreached people groups remain. Progress toward engaging unreached peoples description. People desiring to fulfill the great commission need to know where these unreached groups of people are, so that our efforts in completing the task will not just be busy but productive. Ninety percent of these unreached people groups live in what is called the 1040 window. The operating programs of mission to unreached peoples include bible schools, childrens ministries, church planting and evangelism, esl teaching, education and training, literature, medical, relief and development, youth ministries, and member care of missionary personnel. In christianity, an unreached people group refers to an ethnic group without an indigenous, selfpropagating christian church movement. The hope in creating this map is that you will see what people from 10 40 window nations are around you and that you will build christdemonstrating relationships with them. The 10 40 window is a rectangular window between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude. Half a million indian communities still lack any witnessing body of believers, meaning four out of five indians will go their entire lives without knowing a single christian. I know that i first heard about the 1040 window when i was preparing to go on one of my first mission trips when i was 15 yearsold. An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church. Unreached countries 23 countries with 1050% professing christians 35 countries with 110% christian including china and india 29 countries all within the 1040 window with less than 1% christian.
Center of world missions have identified as many as 10,000 cultural groups which could be considered unreached. About 2,000 groups are totally unreached with no known believers. All maps except international students are property of the traveling team, created by. In addition, over 90% of the worlds most povertystricken people live in the 1040 window, and face the most opposition through rampant diseases like. Unreached peoples and great commission maps and charts. Your contribution will help fund oral bible storytelling, written translation of the old and new testaments, and audio recordings of scripture for more than 6 million unreached people in africa, asia and the americas who are still waiting for the bible in their language. We started in morocco, and then went on to india and thailand. The progress level is calculated and mapped for each people group using the joshua project progress scale.
The vast majority 85% of these least reached groups exist in the. The book, cdrom, bookcdrom combo pack, dvdrom, and wall map. A map is one tool researchers use to help visualize complex information. Most of the unreached people of our world live in a rectangularshaped window. Aug, 20 the 1040 window contains the most peoples unreached by the gospel. Third, the greatest numbers of unreached people groups and unreached cities are in the. This video highlights unreached people groups and explains the greek term ta ethne and what a biblical nation is. Nonwestern writers and organizations also refer to the 10 40 window. Over 1,000 unreached people groups are not in the 1040 window, these total.
In 2006, gfm began traveling into the 1040 window where over 95% of the remaining unreached people groups live. The 1040 window also contains the largest unreached peoples over one million. We exist to be the point of contact for help and hope in the 1040 window. Top 20 unreached people groups the christian liberal. The book proceeds through regions of the world and gives information on the unreachd people groups that live in these regions. Second, these are the least evangelized countries in the world. A map of the progress of the gospel among all people groups. According to, there are approximately 6,825 unreached people groups in the world today if you count every unreached people group once within each country in which they live, including the united states and canada. It is in this window that most of the unreached people groups of the world live. These groups are defined by ethnic or sociological traits to be people so different from the cultural traditions of any existing church that missions rather than evangelism strategies are. I have used this book for a year now and i find that it has. The 1040 window is home to some of the largest unreached people groups in the world. On the flipside, there are very few missionaries working among the remaining unreached people groups within the 1040 window.
Pray for a holy spirit led humility for all rajput communities to fall at the feet of the king of kings. A heartgripping statistic stands out from this number. This map shows the progress of the gospel among the mosaic of ethnic people groups around the world. Theres a good chance youve actually heard of the 1040 window.
Pray that these rajputs will understand the value of becoming part of gods royal family. Most of these groups are located in the 1040 window, the area of africa and asia from 10 degrees to 40 degrees latitude north of the equator. The vast majority of these unreached people live in an area of the world nicknamed the 1040 window. The 1040 window is a term that helps people visualize the general area of the analysis. He used that easytoremember name because it lies across africa and asia from 10 degrees latitude north of the. Most of us know the 1040 window, that geographic band between 10 and 40 degrees north latitude thats home to the largest unreached people groupsand the poorest and most spiritually impoverishedin the world. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Join us in impacting unreached people groups around the world. We need to pray for the people in the 1040 window for these reasons. Most of the people groups still unreached by the gospel live in places stretching across the maps of northern africa and asia. That means its between 10 and 40 degrees north latitude of the equator. Christian missions strategist luis bush started calling this rectangular area or band.
We go to many countries, some open for travel and some not, helping people and giving hope to one and all. The work we are commemorating in this issue 19762016 did not occur in a vacuum, but was predicated by a paradigm shift in mission thinking. A clear picture of the status of world evangelization and the location of unreached people groups is critical for good, strategic decisionmaking as we steward the resources god. International project exists to initiate churchplanting movements through unreached people groups living outside thier homelands.
Resources, database, articles, research, lists, statistics, videos, books, and mission organizations are all here. Now there is 1 unreached people group for every congregations. The 1040 window has several important considerations. Significant effort has been made to identify those people groups without access to the gospel i. The 1040 window joshua project unreached peoples of. There are approximately 2,000 unreached people groups in the 1040 window, and a number of these are the people of the middle east.
Although i will make references to some of these writings and strategies, my main desire is to highlight the current implications of. The data on the map isnt accuratebut it doesnt need to be. It points out that in addition to the geographical window of the 1040 people group, a geographical region that represents billions of lost muslims, hindus, and buddhist, there is now a new generational people group that is. The great imbalance of missions is the fact that most missionaries go to or are sent to reached areas of the earthregions where the church already exists and the name of jesus is known. Canada was a country made up of reached and unreached people groups. This is the vast area extending from 10 degrees to 40 degrees above the equator. The pictures will help you feel compassion for these peoples.
Powerful new ideas stimulated the imagination of believers, catalyzed their collective energies and birthed the modern frontier mission movement. To see how this compares to the rest of the world, click the magnifying glass at the top of the map. Unreached people groups in africa and beyond lausanne. An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. The 1040 window contains the most peoples unreached by. It is a belt that extends from west africa across asia, between the 10th and 40th latitudes north.
The 1040 window is a term coined by christian missionary strategist and partners. Today, missions organizations have extended this window to include nearby countries such as indonesia which also have a very high concentration of unreached people groups. Unreached or leastreached people groups are sometimes referred to as the hidden peoples. My husband and i created this project to promote awareness about people who have never had a chance to hear about jesus. That means that unreached people groups account for approximately 40% of all people groups throughout the world. Map of unreached places and explanation of the 1040 window a conept which missiologists use to explain where most of the people groups still unreached by. Recently world magazine ran a very interesting and important article entitled, the other unreached people group. Our primary focus is unengaged, unreached people groups. This means the 1040 window holds over 3 billion men, women, and children who have never heard the gospel.
Diaspora unreached people groups international project. The main message of this map is to show people visually that the nations are here. Of the individuals in the 1040 window, 62 percent remain unreached or unengaged people groups. That is over 3 billion people who are precious to our lord, but have no idea he loves them. Christians have a special name for people who live in the 1040 window and dont know about jesus.