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region approximately from 10 degrees to 40 degrees
north of the equator spanning from North Africa
to East Asia. Contains the greatest concentration
of unreached people. |
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Defining
Terms
Ethnolinguistic Peoples (People Groups) - Grouping
the peoples of the world by the common factor of their ethnicity
and language rather than geographic or political boundaries.
There are 12,862 ethnolinguistic people groups worldwide.
Total population: 5.65 billion people.
Last
Frontier - Unreached people for which the majority of
its members have little or no access to the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Unreached
People Groups - A people with no church movement having
sufficient strength, resources and commitment to sustain and
ensure the continuous multiplication of churches.
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The
Last Frontier contains:
28 percent
of the world's population (1.7 billion people)
80 percent
of the world's poorest people
9 of
the top-10
worst countries in terms of religious persecution
97 percent
of the least-evangelized peoples on the earth birthplace
of all major religious blocs, including Christianity
less than 5 percent of all
missions work
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FAST
FACTS
Of the 2,161 people groups (or 1.7 billion people) who have
little or no access to the gospel:
Less than 10 percent
have the New Testament translated into their language
Less than 10 percent
have complete Bible translations in their language
Less than 20 percent
have the Jesus film in their language
Want
to make a difference? Call Lori
Sherwood at (888) 462-7729 for help in identifying and
adopting a people group.
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