10/40 Window

So yesterday I got introduced to the 10/40 window.

"The 10/40 Window is the rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia approximately between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude. The 10/40 Window is often called "The Resistant Belt" and includes the majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. The original 10/40 Window included only countries with at least 50% of their land mass within 10 and 40 degrees north latitude. The revised 10/40 Window includes several additional countries, such as Indonesia, that are close to 10 or 40 degrees north latitude and have high concentrations of unreached peoples. See the original and revised country lists to the right. An estimated 4.49 billion individuals residing in approximately 8,733 distinct people groups are in the revised 10/40 Window. The 10/40 Window is home to some of the largest unreached people groups in the world such as the Shaikh, Yadava, Turks, Moroccan Arabs,Pushtun, Jat and Burmese.

The 10/40 Window has several important considerations: first, the historical and Biblical significance; second, the least evangelized countries; third, the unreached people groups and cities; fourth, the dominance of three religious blocs; fifth, the preponderance of the poor; sixth, the strongholds of Satan within the 10/40 Window."  

this is from the website, www.joshuaproject.net 

....Here are more facts about the 10/40 window

Nearly 4 billion people live here, including 90 percent of the world's poorest of the poor. 

It is estimated that 1.6 billion of these people have never had the chance to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ

• 95% of the people are unevangelized.
• 90% of the people are the poorest of the poor, averaging $250 per family annually 

www.win1040.com 

THIS IS A BIG DEAL GUYS! 

This indicates we still have a large window of unreached people groups. What are we doing to effectively bring the gospel to these nations? What are we doing as Christ followers to share Jesus with them? 

Here is another crazy thing.... 

This is a map of the most persecuted Christians. I don't think it is a coincidence that it is the same exact region where the 10/40 window is. Are we afraid to preach the gospel in this region? Are Christ followers educated about this region? We need to be sending more people to the 10/40 window because it really is the "ends of the earth" like what is stated in the Great Commission. 

Pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters! Pray for the unreached people groups, and ask God where are you sending me?