Great commission priorities

Great Commission
Priorities
Where are the people who
have not heard about
Jesus?
Where should we prioritize
taking the Gospel?

Prioritization of the Great
Commission (Overview)

• There is a great need to prioritize the Great Commission. Greater
emphasis needs to be placed on bringing the awesome truth of Jesus to the
least reached.
• 80% of missionaries are among evangelized (nominal) Christian people
groups and a very large portion of Christian resources are in the U.S.
• There are many people who have heard little or nothing about Jesus and
have almost nobody praying for them (by name) or who can tell them about
Jesus.
• We need to prioritize these unreached people so we can obey our Master
and complete the task He's given us all to do.
• We can pray more for those who have not heard the truth about Jesus and
we can reallocate the resources at our disposal in order to more
significantly impact the world for eternity.

Past Fruitful / Successful Missions
• Christian missions have been successful
in many places like sub-Saharan Africa
• Just like a successful investment portfolio
requires reallocation to strategically
distribute resources (especially when do
well in some areas and not in others),
effective Great Commission outreach
requires reallocation of resources.

Completing the Great Commission
• Jesus told us to make disciples of all ethne /
ethnos (people groups)
• In order to do this, we Christian disciples must
be engaged with all ethne
• At present, there are many peoples with little or
no Gospel witness
• In order to fulfill Jesus’ last command, we must
make it a high priority
• This requires that we send people and resources
where they are currently sparse but in very great
need

Where are the majority
of gospel / Christian
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Data Source: World Christian Trends, Barrett & Johnson

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Ratios of Countries’ Portions
of the World’s Christian
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on a per Person Basis

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Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion)
Countries - ISO Link Code
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Country Share Christian Income greater than 0.005 to 0.024
Country Share Christian Income greater than 5.200
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Cost Effectiveness of World
Missions Based on the Cost
to Lead to the Baptism of a
New Convert

Legend
Major Lakes
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Cost per Baptism 6,700 or less
Cost per Baptism greater than 6,700 to 13,900
Cost per Baptism greater than 542,000 to 1,108,000
Cost per Baptism greater than 1,108,000
Least Effective
World Oceans

David Barrett on Good
Missions Stewardship
“Dollar for dollar and hour for hour, the harvest coming
from the 10/40 Window nations outstrips that from the
rest of the world 100 to 1,” Barrett says. “That is, if
the same money and time spent to win one person to
the Lord in the West were put to use in the 10/40
Window nations, the effort would yield a harvest of
100 souls added to the kingdom of God. It is 100
times more cost effective, therefore, to reach those in
the 10/40 Window. But for a sizable number of
ethnolinguistic groups, cost-effectiveness reaches
1000 times more than in Western countries.”
World Christian Encyclopedia

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Ratios of Countries’ Portions
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Lowest Ratio (less than country’s portion)
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Country Share Christian Workers greater than 0.05 to 0.18
Country Share Christian Workers greater than 4.35
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Ratios of Countries’
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Most
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Average Number of Discipleship Opportunities per
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Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 4 to 19
Disciple Offers per Person per Year greater than 557
Most
World Oceans

Needed in the U.S.
• Clearly the U.S. has more than her share
of Christian finances, resources, and
ministers.
• Thus, the U.S. does NOT need more
money to obey the Great Commission in
this nation

• Obedient followers of Jesus with
vision (from the Lord) are needed

The Great Need for
More Emphasis on
Reaching the
Unevangelized with
the Gospel

It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was
not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's
foundation. Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”
Romans 15:20, 21
And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to
open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you
purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and
nation.”
Revelation 5:9
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no
one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,
standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing
white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
Revelation 7:9

From “World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200” by David Barrett and
Todd Johnson
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Current Missionary distribution: 2.4% (among) unevangelized,
24.5% evangelized non-Christians, 73.1% Christians (pp. 40 & 55)
1990 AoG missionaries – 2.0%, 34.2%, 63.8% (p. 57)
1990 Pentecostal/Charismatic missionaries – 1%, 25%, 74% (p. 56)
Foreign mission money p.a. – 1.7%, 11.7%, 86.6% (p. 55)
Full-time workers – 0.4%, 23.7%, 75.9% (p. 55)
Tracts (leaflets) p.a. – 0.2%, 4.0%, 95.8% (p. 55)
Only 8.7% of all Christian personnel, outreach, and evangelism ever
gets through to the evangelized non-Christian world/peoples and only
0.3% to the unevangelized (p. 81)
91% of all Christian outreach/evangelism does not target nonChristians but targets other Christians in (60%+) Christian countries,
cities, peoples, populations, or situations (p. 3)
It costs Christians 700 times more money to baptize converts in rich
Christian countries (Switzerland) than in poor unevangelized countries
(Nepal) (p. 3)

Windows International Network
• “Only five pennies of every $100 given
to missions goes to the 10/40 Window!”
• That's 0.05%!!!

Pioneers (Missions Organization)
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“Worldwide, Christians earn $12.3 trillion a year.
Of that $12.3 trillion, only 1.7% is given to Christian causes of any
kind.
Of this 1.7%, only 5.4% goes to foreign missions.
Of this 5.4%, only 1% goes to people without any opportunity to hear
about Jesus!”
Let's break this down:
0.092% of all Christian earned income goes to missions.
0.054% of the money of Christian causes goes to unreached peoples.
0.00092% of all Christian earned income goes to people with little or no
opportunity to hear about Jesus!
Core Value: Unreached Peoples
We believe that our primary calling from God is to proclaim Christ among
unreached peoples--those groups remaining in the world who have the least
opportunity to hear and understand the life-giving message of the Gospel.
There are still many hundreds of ethno-linguistic groups who do not have
their own churches. Our passion is to bring the first spark of light to these
dark places.

<http://www.pioneers.org/Portals/0/UltimateImpact.pdf>, page 5
<http://www.pioneers.org/Default.aspx?tabid=39&PrevTab=1>, Core Values Matter

Quote from Justin Long in the May-June 2006
issue of “Missions Frontiers”
• "The majority of Christians in the world are still not aware
of the challenge of the unreached, and many that are
aware feel little or no responsibility. . . . Of the US $15
billion given to missions, less than 2% is given for
mission to the unreached, and less than 5% of the
world's missionaries are focused on the
unreached." (Emphasis added.)
• "Will we change? If current patterns continue, the
unreached will still represent one-fourth of the world's
population in 2025. 'Insanity,'wrote Albert Einstein, 'is
doing the same thing over and over and expecting
different results.'" (Emphasis added.)
< http://www.missionfrontiers.org/2006/03/PDFs/08-11_Ethne.pdf >, page 9

Where Are Missionaries
Needed the Most?
• Unreached people groups
• Least evangelized world or
unevangelized world (“World A”)
• 10/40 Window

Where Are the People Who Have
Not Heard About Jesus?

• Most Christians can more easily locate
countries rather than people groups
• Joshua Project* and WCT missions
information was used to prioritize the
nations using ten criteria
• Data for 15,893 people groups and 222
countries were used to evaluate the status
of Christianity in the nations
• The results have many possible applications
about world evangelization efforts
*<http://www.joshuaproject.net/download.php >

Percent Least Reached
(24%)
Number Evang/Disci
Opportunities (18%)
Joshua Project Progress
(15%)

Prioritization
Weighting

Christian Workers per
Million (14%)
Ministry Tools (8%)
Country Indices (8%)
Population People Least
Reached (6%)
Number Least Reached
People Groups (4%)
Population (2%)
Cost / Convert (1%)

Criteria (Percent Weighting)

Description

Percent Least Reached (24%)

Percent of the country's population living in a least reached people group

Number Evangelism/Discipleship Opportunities (18%)

The (average) number of discipleship offers per person per year in the country

Joshua Project Progress (15%)

Progress of or response to the Gospel

Christian Workers per Million (14%)

Number of Christian workers per million population

Ministry Tools (8%)

Bible translation status, Jesus film, audio recordings, & Christian radio broadcasting

Country Indices (8%)

Location indices (country persecution index, human development index, & percent evangelical)

Population People Least Reached (6%)

Population living in a least reached people group

Number Least Reached People Groups (4%)

Number of least reached people groups in the country

Population (2%)

Population of the country

Cost / Convert (1%)

Average cost to lead to a baptism

Note: Most of the purple
nations are (small) islands
Data Source: Advocates for the Unreached

Great Commission
Prioritization of
Countries

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Lowest Priority
C ountries - ISO Link Code
Prioritization Score 18.2 or less
Prioritization Score greater than 18.2 to 24.0
Prioritization Score greater than 81.9
U nclassif ied Features

Highest Priority

World Oceans

Country Great Commission Status /
Prioritization Scores
Total
96.93
95.34
94.81
93.79
93.59
92.30
91.25
90.84
90.57
89.86
89.79
89.51
89.50
89.41
88.83
88.65
88.28
87.33
86.93
86.21
86.10
86.03
85.88
85.83
85.14

Country
Rank
1
Afghanistan
2
Yemen
3
Iran
4
Pakistan
5
Algeria
6
Bangladesh
7
Morocco
8
Mauritania
9
Turkey
10
Somalia
11
Bhutan
Western Sahara 12
13
Tunisia
14
Niger
15
Comoros
16
Saudi Arabia
17
Uzbekistan
18
Iraq
19
Libya
20
Maldives
21
Turkmenistan
22
Nepal
23
Azerbaijan
24
Tajikistan
25
Korea North

85.01
84.20
83.91
83.69
83.34
83.18
82.45
81.65
81.03
80.33
79.59
79.41
79.04
78.86
78.71
78.20
78.05
77.95
76.81
76.80
76.75
75.24
73.89
73.67
73.60

26
Guinea
27
Mali
28
Cambodia
29
Mongolia
30
Thailand
31
Oman
32
Laos
33
Mayotte
34
Senegal
35
Djibouti
36
India
37
Kyrgyzstan
38
Japan
39
Gambia
40
Myanmar
41
Sri Lanka
42
Israel
43
Syria
44
Jordan
45
United Arab Emirates
46
Sudan
47
Kazakhstan
48
Indonesia
49
Bahrain
50
Guinea-Bissau

72.51
72.47
72.38
72.34
70.09
69.44
69.04
67.14
66.29
65.09
64.64
64.39
64.23
64.19
63.12
62.81
62.55
62.43
62.27
62.19
61.99
61.85
61.26
59.70
59.66

51
Kuwait
52
Chad
53
Viet Nam
54
Eritrea
55
Qatar
5
Bosnia-Herzegovina 6
57
Egypt
58
Malaysia
59
China
60
Nigeria
61
Brunei
62
Serbia and Montenegro
63
Tanzania
64
Sierra Leone
65
Macedonia
66
Mozambique
67
Georgia
68
Ivory Coast
69
Ethiopia
70
Taiwan
71
Lebanon
72
Burkina Faso
73
Benin
74
Russia
75
Guyana

58.25
57.40
56.73
56.32
55.85
55.17
54.18
53.92
53.19
52.85
52.50
51.87
50.84
48.85
48.34
48.23
48.19
47.46
46.84
46.67
46.35
46.21
46.14
46.02
45.92

76
Togo
Central African Rep77
78
Singapore
79
Palestine
80
Liberia
81
Bulgaria
82
France
83
Cameroon
84
Belarus
85
Ghana
86
Ukraine
87
East Timor
88
Armenia
89
Moldavia
90
Zambia
91
Cyprus
92
Kenya
93
Liechtenstein
94
Austria
95
Belgium
96
Philippines
97
Reunion
98
Madagascar
99
Italy
100
Greece

45.91
45.62
45.40
45.35
44.79
44.24
44.19
43.96
43.83
43.55
43.31
43.06
42.77
42.46
41.93
41.35
41.21
41.17
41.04
40.35
40.24
39.64
39.53
38.35
38.27
37.65
37.42
36.90
36.78
35.97

101
Estonia
102
Gibraltar
103
Netherlands
104
Albania
105
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea106
Czech Republic 107
108
Namibia
109
Andorra
110
Malawi
111
Mauritius
112
Spain
113
Slovenia
114
Germany
115
Fiji
116
Luxembourg
117
Latvia
118
Lithuania
119
Croatia
120
Trinidad & Tobago
121
Canada
122
Uganda
123
Sweden
124
Suriname
125
Britain
126
South Africa
French Guiana 127
Congo-Brazzaville128
129
Monaco
130
Australia

35.67
35.29
34.74
34.58
34.01
33.16
33.13
33.01
32.98
32.82
32.56
31.97
31.44
31.33
31.26
30.73
30.60
30.50
29.41
28.76
28.58
28.15
27.55
27.07
26.53
26.26
26.13
26.04
25.70
25.41

131
Zimbabwe
Northern Mariana 132
Is
133
Cuba
134
Slovakia
135
Uruguay
136
San Marino
137
Switzerland
138
Hungary
139
Argentina
140
Romania
141
United States
142
Botswana
143
Denmark
144
Peru
145
Poland
1
Papua New Guinea 46
147
Greenland
148
Rwanda
149
Congo-Zaire
150
Finland
151
Norway
152
Mexico
New Caledonia 153
154
Angola
155
Dominican Republic
Cayman Islands 156
157
Sao Tome & Principe
158
Ecuador
159
Netherlands Antilles
160
Barbados

25.32
25.00
24.85
24.77
24.73
24.56
24.42
23.79
23.60
22.95
22.89
22.78
22.43
22.23
22.08
21.84
21.75
21.31
20.97
20.61
20.33
20.06
19.75
19.57
19.32
19.07
18.75
18.75
18.46
17.88
17.28

161
Jamaica
162
Saint Vincent
163
Guatemala
164
Aruba
165
Portugal
166
Honduras
167
New Zealand
168
Vanuatu
169
Venezuela
170
Burundi
American Samoa 171
1
Saint Kitts & Nevis 72
173
Martinique
174
Korea South
175
Chile
176
Panama
177
Paraguay
178
Belize
179
Micronesia
180
Brazil
181
Colombia
182
Seychelles
183
Nicaragua
184
Isle of Man
Solomon Islands 185
186
Bahamas
Turks & Caicos Is187
188
Ireland
189
Iceland
British Virgin Is 190
191
Swaziland

17.24
17.09
16.66
16.25
16.21
15.95
15.94
15.94
15.36
15.21
13.92
13.70
13.29
13.17
13.12
12.63
12.37
12.00
11.00
10.94
9.75
9.65
9.14
8.73
8.13
7.86
7.30
5.33
4.80
3.61
1.88

192
Lesotho
193
Costa Rica
Wallis & Futuna Is194
195
Bermuda
196
El Salvador
197
Dominica
198
Cape Verde
Marshall Islands 199
200
Guadeloupe
201
Haiti
202
Tuvalu
203
Bolivia
Virgin Is of the US204
205
Puerto Rico
French Polynesia 206
207
Nauru
208
Grenada
209
Antigua
210
Malta
211
Anguilla
212
Palau
213
Saint Lucia
Faeroe Islands 214
215
Guam
216
Kiribati
217
Montserrat
218
Saint Helena
219
Tonga
220
Cook Islands
221
Samoa
222
Saint Pierre & Miquelon

Need of USA vs. Other Countries
USA

Afghanistan

India

China

Indonesia

Priority

141

1

36

59

48

% of World’s
Full-Time
Christian
Workers

27.8%
(6.0 x %
pop.)

0.0013%
(1/292 x %
pop.)

% of All
34.1%
Christian
(7.4 x %
Personal or
pop.)
Church Income

0.00002%
(1/19,000 x
% pop.)

0.14%
(1/120 x
% pop.)

0.38%

16.7%

% of World
Population

4.6%

5.6%
1.9%
1.0%
(1/3.0 x % (1/11 x % (1/3.5 x %
pop.)
pop.)
pop.)
0.36%
0.17%
(1/58 x % (1/21 x %
pop.)
pop.)
20.9%

3.5%

*Note: Of the 1,533,000 Christian workers in the U.S.,
1.28 million or 83.4% of these Christian workers could
perhaps be missionaries in another country in order to
achieve global equity

Need of USA vs. Other Countries (cont’d)
USA

Afghanistan

India

China

Indonesia

# Discipleship
Opportunities
per Person per
Year

368

Less than 1

13

16

29

% Population
Least Reached
in the Country

0.3%

99.9%

89.8%

15.1%

66.4%

% Christian

76%

0.03%

2.3%

7.3%

8%

% Evangelical
Christian

32.5%

0.0%

1.8%

6.0%

4.0%

Average
$1,551,000
Cost / Convert

$30,000

$9,803 $15,828

Sources: Barrett and Johnson WCT, Joshua Project

$40,765

Lausanne Covenant
In 1974, it was more difficult to get many Christians,
especially from different denominations, to agree upon
some things. Yet, something remarkable happened after
the Rev. Billy Graham and his evangelistic association
helped initiate Lausanne I: The International Congress
on World Evangelization in Switzerland. In July of 1974,
more than 2,300 evangelical leaders from 150 countries
agreed upon the Lausanne Covenant to be more
intentional about world evangelization.
The following paragraph is quoted from the
Lausanne Covenant of 1974 and would be an
excellent centerpiece or core value of any
church missions program or personal missions
involvement.

9. THE URGENCY OF THE
EVANGELISTIC TASK
"More than 2,700 million people, which is more than two-thirds of all
humanity, have yet to be evangelised. We are ashamed that so many have
been neglected; it is a standing rebuke to us and to the whole Church.
There is now, however, in many parts of the world an unprecedented
receptivity to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are convinced that this is the time
for churches and para-church agencies to pray earnestly for the salvation of
the unreached and to launch new efforts to achieve world evangelization. A
reduction of foreign missionaries and money in an evangelised
country may sometimes be necessary to facilitate the national
church's growth in self-reliance and to release resources for
unevangelised areas. Missionaries should flow ever more freely from and
to all six continents in a spirit of humble service. The goal should be, by all
available means and at the earliest possible time, that every person will
have the opportunity to hear, understand, and to receive the good news.
We cannot hope to attain this goal without sacrifice. All of us are shocked
by the poverty of millions and disturbed by the injustices which cause it.
Those of us who live in affluent circumstances accept our duty to develop a
simple life-style in order to contribute more generously to both relief and
evangelism." (Emphasis added.)
<http://www.perspectives.org/about/lausanne.html>

What Can We Do?
• #1 – More prayer is needed for people in
highly prioritized nations who have little
or no opportunity to hear the truth about
Jesus and very few Christians to pray for
them
• New missionaries can be sent to least
reached peoples
• Gospel tools can be used or translated to
help reach high priority people
• Greater emphasis could be placed on
international student ministry

Practical Ways to Make a Difference
• Churches and individuals can evaluate the
missionaries / organizations they support and consider
focusing more on high priority countries
• Churches could add more new missionaries &/or
establish goals to increase the percentage of their
support in high priority nations
• 10/40 Window Bible school scholarships, radio, Bible
translation, or scripture / gospel literature support could
be earmarked for high priority countries (like with Gospel
for Asia, the Bible League, or Every Home for Christ)
• Get involved with international student ministry

Conclusion
• There is a great need to prioritize
reaching people who have little or
no access to the Gospel
• Countries with many least reached
peoples can be targeted with more
focused prayer and new
missionaries or gospel resources.

Great commission priorities

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