The work is not completed. According to the Joshua Project, of the 100 largest remaining unreached people groups (less than one percent Christian), 1.8 billion people are yet to be reached with the gospel, with the vast majority in India/South Asia.
Nearly 80% of Muslims do not know a single Christian.
1,708 people groups are yet to have a Bible in their own language.
But God is raising up a prayer movement that must precede evangelism of the nations.
In Indonesia, the organization Prayer Connect reports a nationwide desperate prayer movement is taking place. In March 2023 they reported:
"After experiencing great persecution in the 1990's and the tragic devastation of the tsunami in 2004 (250,000 lives lost), the Church in Indonesia came together in united, desperate prayer.
In 2012, 9,500 leaders from 86 nations gathered in Jakarta for the World Prayer Assembly. These prayer and mission leaders came together with the Indonesians and filled up the city soccer stadium with 120,000 people - including 20,000 children ages 4-14, and 20,000 young adults, 18-30 years old. This was combined with 385 other stadiums filled with Indonesians praying together for a fresh wave of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord to cover the earth as the waters cover the seas (Hab.2:14).
Today, Indonesia has 567 citywide prayer networks united across denominations and generations. Recently they celebrated the ten-year anniversary by coming together in a virtual World Prayer Assembly (worldprayerassembly.org).
Under this canopy of united, strategic, and sustainable prayer, the Church in Indonesia - the largest Muslim nation in the world - has been growing at an explosive rate."
Hudson Taylor said, "When we work, we work, but when we pray, God works."
Remember the Moravians? Next Monday I will share their story with you.
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