10/40 Window
The core of the Unreached People Groups of our world live in a rectangular-shape area on a world map know as the 10/40 Window. It extends from north-west Africa across Asia, between 10 degrees and 40 degrees north of the equator and spans approx. 60 countries. It is the darkest, neediest, and most difficult region to reach on the face of the earth. Only supernatural power released through prayer can begin to open this window.
The Physical Need . . .
...There are over 400 mega cities (cities with more than 1 million people) in the world today. 300 of these cities lie within the Window....The Window contains the majority of the world's least evangelized mega cities. Of the top 50 cities on this list, all 50 cities are in the 10/40 Window...More than 97% out the poorest of the poor live in the Window....On average, people living in the 10/40 Window exist on less than $500 per person per year.
The Spiritual Need . . .
...71 % of all Muslims, 98 % of all Hindus, and 68% of all Buddhists live in the 10/40 Window....There are 34 Muslims countries, 7 Buddhist nations, 3 Marxist nations and 2 Hindu countries in the Window.*...There are 55 countries in the world that are considered "Unevangelized." 97% of these are in this Window.*...There are over 1.3 billion people living in the Window who have little or no chance to hear the gospel....In the Window, we find 86% of the people group which are less than 2% Christian.*...There are 500 people group in the Window that have never heard the Gospel.*
Christianity In the Window . . .
...Only 1.2% of all mission fund go to the Window.*...Only 1% of all Scripture distribution are distributed to the 10/40 Window.*...Only 3% of all the languages for which the Bible has been translated are directed toward the Window.*...9 out of the 10 countries where the physical persecution of Christians is the most severe is in the Window.*...The greatest revival ever on earth is taking place in the 10/40 Window countries of Asia? Every day in communist China over 25,000 people accept Christ. In India, an estimated 15,000 people are turning to Jesus daily. In the early eighties there were only 15,000 known Christians in the Himalayan country of Nepal compared to over 200,000 followers of Christ today.
