WORLD MISSIONS OVERVIEW THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

WORLD MISSIONS OVERVIEW THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

Little or no access to gospel No viable indigenous church Unevangelized (maj. not heard) Evangelized(maj. have heard) Christian (majority believers)

Little or no access to gospel No viable indigenous church Unevangelized (majority not heard) Evangelized(majority have heard)

Three Religious Blocks Countries with majority Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist 97% OF PEOPLE IN THE LEAST EVANGELIZED COUNTRIES Muslim Hindu Buddhist LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 1. 1 Billion 600 Million

82% of the Poorest of the Poor Live In the 10/40 Window

WORLD POPULATION— 6 BILLION 35% Christian Statistics: United Nations Population Division; Johnstone

WORLD POPULATION— 6 BILLION 35% Christian 42% Evangelized Non-Christian Statistics: United Nations Population Division; Johnstone

WORLD POPULATION— 6 23% Unreached BILLION 35% Christian 42% Evangelized Non-Christian Statistics: United Nations Population Division; Johnstone

AN UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP * Has not heard the gospel in a way they can understand it * Has no indigenous church movement within it * Has no Bible in their language

% of WORLD MISSION RESOURCES BEING USED TO EVANGELIZE THE UNREACHED * 1% of Mission Funding * 1% of Missionary Personnel * 1% of Scripture Distribution * 3% of Bible Translations Statistics: Barrett & Johnston

C&MA GLOBAL STRATEGY TO COMPLETE THE GREAT COMMISSION Unreached Christian Evangelized Non-Christian

C&MA GLOBAL STRATEGY TO COMPLETE THE GREAT COMMISSION Unreached Christian Responsive Peoples Evangelized Non-Christian

C&MA GLOBAL STRATEGY TO COMPLETE THE GREAT COMMISSION Unreached Christian Responsive Peoples Evangelized Non-Christian

C&MA GLOBAL STRATEGY TO COMPLETE THE GREAT COMMISSION Unreached Christian Responsive Peoples Evangelized Non-Christian

THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. . . Christian Evangelized Non-Christian AND THEN THE END WILL COME. (Matthew 24: 14)

GLOBAL OBJECTIVES 1. Position resources strategically

DISTRIBUTION OF C&MA MISSIONARY PERSONNEL 55. 6% 42. 1% 2. 3% FROM STUDY DONE IN 1995

GLOBAL OBJECTIVES 1. Position resources strategically 2. Plant urban churches

GLOBAL OBJECTIVES 1. Position resources strategically 2. Plant urban churches 3. Prepare national leadership

GLOBAL OBJECTIVES 1. Position resources strategically 2. Plant urban churches 3. Prepare national leadership 4. Promote non-Western missions

The Worldwide Family of Alliance Churches The Alliance is Working In 67 Nations USA AWF

GLOBAL OBJECTIVES 1. Position resources strategically 2. Plant urban churches 3. Prepare national leadership 4. Promote non-Western missions 5. Penetrate creative-access countries

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF ALLIANCE PROFESSIONALS (IFAP)— THE TENTMAKER ARM OF THE C&MA/U. S. 59 Alliance tentmakers serve in 12 countries China Nepal Dominican Republic Russia Haiti Singapore Indonesia Thailand Mongolia Turkey India Vietnam

CAMA SERVICES, INC. — THE RELIEF / DEVELOPMENT ARM OF THE C&MA 34 CAMA Services workers serve in 7 countries— (plus 3 countries on non-resident basis) * Providing medical services * Drilling wells * Teaching ESL * Distributing food * Developing agricultural projects * Establishing micro-enterprise projects * Repairing church buildings * Training pastors * Distributing Bibles * Printing theological books * Building worship centers * Holding evangelistic meetings

The New Context For Missions • The Church has moved south • There will soon be more active nonwestern missionaries than western. • There is an increasing need for tentmakers in missions • There is an increasing need for a holistic communication of the gospel • The role of missionaries is shifting from leader to faciliator / networker.