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How many unreached unengaged people groups are there?

According to The Joshua Project, an unengaged unreached people group, or UUPG, is a people group with “no known active church planting underway.” It is estimated that there are 3,050 UUPGs, which is about 278 million people around the world.

What qualifies as an unreached people group?

In Christianity, an unreached people group refers to an ethnic group without an indigenous, self-propagating Christian church movement. Any ethnic or ethnolinguistic nation without enough Christians to evangelize the rest of the nation is an “unreached people group”.

How many Christian evangelicals are there in the US?

Wheaton College’s Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals estimates that about 30 to 35 percent (90 to 100 million people) of the US population is evangelical. These figures include white and black “cultural evangelicals” (Americans who do not regularly attend church but identify as evangelicals).

Where do most evangelicals live in the world?

The United States has the largest proportion of evangelicals in the world. American evangelicals are a quarter of that nation’s population and its single largest religious group.

How many unreached peoples are there?

6,825 unreached people groups
According to IMG.org, 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.

Are there unreached people groups in the US?

Hundreds of significant unreached people group communities have been formed in North America over the last few decades through migration. UPG North America helps you learn about these Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish communities who number at least 5,000 people in a city.

What does unreached mean Joshua Project?

An unreached people group, as defined by the Joshua Project, is “a people group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this people group without outside assistance”.

What does Unreach mean?

1. unreached – inaccessibly located or situated; “an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains”; “an unreachable canyon”; “the unreachable stars” out of reach, unreachable, unapproachable. inaccessible, unaccessible – capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all.

Who was the first evangelist in the world?

Matthew the Evangelist, the author of the first gospel account, is symbolized by a winged man, or angel. Matthew’s gospel starts with Joseph’s genealogy from Abraham; it represents Jesus’ Incarnation, and so Christ’s human nature.

What do we know about Evangelical Americans?

Here are five insights our research reveals about this often-cited but not necessarily clearly understood group of Americans. 1. There has been little change in the percentage of Americans who identify as “born-again or evangelical” over the past 27 years.

What does the global status of evangelical Christianity map show?

Explore an interactive map or download these resources: The Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC) map portrays the spread of the gospel among people groups by measuring: recent church planting activity. A people group is unreached when less than 2 percent of its population is evangelical Christian.

How many unreached people are there in the world?

According to Joshua Project, there are approximately 16800 unique people groups in the world with about 6900 of them considered unreached. The vast majority (95\%) of these least reached groups exist in the 10/40 window and less than 10\% of missionary work is done among these people. Watch this brief video to learn more!

When is a people group unreached or unengaged?

A people group is unreached when less than 2 percent of its population is evangelical Christian. A people group is unengaged when no evangelical church planting strategy is being implemented among them. Explore an interactive map or download this resource below.