What Is The 10/40 Window

WHAT IS It?

The ten/40 Window, which embraces most 70 countries, is a challenging region. Predominant religions include Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. There's a large nonreligious block too.

The ten/40 Window is located betwixt 10 degrees and forty degrees north latitude. The term was coined by Christian missionary strategist Luis Bush in 1990 to help identify the area of the world least reached past the gospel story.

Many of the countries take multiple languages and dialects. Poverty and illiteracy are ways of life for the bulk.

WHY SHOULD I Intendance?

"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and and then shall the terminate come up" (Matthew 24:14).

The world population exceeds vii.4 billion people. More than iii billion haven't had a chance to hear the gospel, according to recent estimates. Almost all of the unreached (97%) live in the 10/40 Window, making this region the final frontier for sharing the gospel message.

In low-cal of the Cracking Committee, and given these numbers, you might retrieve that Christians would be prioritizing evangelism in the 10/forty Window, but this isn't the case—at least not at the moment. For example, evangelistic spending in the 10/forty Window barely qualifies equally a blip—one-tenth of ane per centum (0.001) of church-related budgets.*

Grand. P. Yohannan, founder of Gospel for Asia.

"There is enough evangelism taking place today to achieve the world dozens of times. Unfortunately, nearly of it is happening amongst people who have already heard the gospel," says K. P. Yohannan, founder of Gospel for Asia.

"In all candor and to our continuing shame, allow united states admit that the world's perishing unreached people are very seldom mentioned or thought about in almost all churches," says Phil Bogosian, managing director of the Adopt-a-People Campaign, an organization that focuses on reaching the unreached.
Every bit followers of Jesus who honey Him and claim a want to do His bidding, we must face up these sobering questions:

What am I doing to fulfill the Great Commission, not but within my community, but on a global calibration?
What is my church doing?
Am I focused on this region of the globe that and so badly needs to hear the story of Jesus?
If not, why non?
If not now, when?

* World Christian Trends (William Carey Library Pub: 2003), p. 661↩

WHY SHOULD I Assistance?

Every day, 66,000 people die with no cognition of Jesus.

"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (James ane:22, NKJV).

The game is on. The stakes are eternal. There'south no time to sit on the sidelines. Through Gospel Outreach you can share Jesus around the earth, help fulfill the Cracking Committee and hasten the Second Coming.

Millions and millions of honest-hearted people are searching. They need hope. They need the Savior. You lot are function of the answer.

The Great Commission "Go ye" isn't a proposition or an invitation from the Lord to be taken or left at will; it's an imperative wrapped in the hope of partnership and guaranteed fulfillment. Are nosotros simply people of the pew, who socialize and do church building? Or are we actively participating in a God-ordained search-and-rescue mission with a global–not but local–focus?

five Skillful Reasons to Have Activity Now:

To share the promise of eternal life with your brothers and sisters worldwide.
To hasten Jesus' render by fulfilling His commission. After all, He's asked y'all to do information technology.
To enhance sensation of personal racism and prejudice and by God'due south grace to overcome it.
To deepen your human relationship with God and to grow your religion.
To revitalize and strengthen your local church.

Reflection Points

Fact: 2.84 billion people never have been introduced to Jesus
Fact: 97% of these people alive in the ten/40 Window
Question: Are y'all willing to pace out, putting organized religion into activity to make a deviation?
Question: Exercise y'all really want Jesus to come?

Jesus wasn't complacent almost people's needs. He took action, and we must too. No matter who yous are, what chore you have, how old you lot are, what wellness you're in or what resources you have to depict on, one matter is sure: You tin can make a difference for eternity!

WHAT CAN I DO?

Are you prepare to help fulfill the Bully Commission and hasten the return of Jesus? Here's what you lot can do:

Pray. Be a prayer missionary on behalf of the 10/40 Window. Pray for the people who live in that location. Pray for church members, whose lives witness to those around them. Pray for church building leaders, pastors and Bible workers. Ask the Lord of the harvest for more workers (Matthew 9:38).

Volunteer. Apply your talents by volunteering for Gospel Outreach.

Tell. Exist an administrator and let others know of the needs in the x/forty Window. Contact usa for details.

Give. Every little bit helps tell others about Jesus. Or adopt a worker for $150 per calendar month. Be a missionary to other countries without leaving dwelling.