7 Stats to Help You Serve the King in 2015

1. stats you
need to know…
to serve
the King
in 2015

2. Too much data . . . Too little
discernment
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What decisions are confronting you today?
In this presentation we will be thin slicing the globe:
Quick looks to frame your world
Cutting through the clutter
Ideas to share with others
New ideas to consider
Decision making tools
Hooks to guide prayer

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5. “After reviewing the world of human events for
sixty years, I am prepared to say that I see no
way out of the world’s misery except the way
that Christ would take were he to undertake the
work of a modern statesman.”
George Bernard Shaw
Serving the King in 2015
What George didn’t
know is that Christ
sent each of us to
be his ambassadors.

6. Most Non-Believers Don’t
Know a Christian
86%
of non-believers do not
personally have a
relationship with a
Christian.
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7. Digging Deeper
14%
of non-believers
do have a
relationship and
this is where we
must start!
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75%
of the unreached
people can be
found in 10
countries with the
largest unreached
populations.

9. 73%
of all people reside in
countries where their
religion is the majority
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Partly because we live in
Majorities2

10. More people live here . . .
Map by valeriepieris on Reddit

11. Digging Deeper
65%
of all Muslim’s live in
9 countries:
Indonesia, India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Nigeria, Egypt, Iran,
Turkey and Algeria.
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76%
of the
unaffiliated (also
known as Nones)
live in the Asia
Pacific Region.

12. The World’s Buddhists

13. The World’s Hindus

14. Muslim dot layer map
The World’s Muslims

15. The World’s Christians

16. 232 million
international migrants
are on the move, which
has risen from 175
million in 2000.
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At the Same Time People
are On the Move3

17. Digging Deeper
5.7
million displaced
in CAR, Ukraine,
Syria and Somalia
alone.
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46.3
million people of
concern as
labeled by the UN
High Council on
Refugees.

18. Where the Money Goes
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19. 80%
of the world’s
population shares only
5.5% of the world’s
wealth.
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They are Chasing the
Opportunity and Hope4

20. Hans
Rosling

26. 15 years
$2,700

27. 40 years
$80,000

28. Africa

29. Digging Deeper
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Billion still live
on less than
$1.25 a day.
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4
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Of the most
generous
countries in the
world are from
the Global South.

30. Top 10 Most Generous
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31. 71%
of all people will live in
cities by 2050.
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And Increasingly they Walk
on Concrete5

32. A Growing Urban World

35. The only city in the
developed world

36. Digging Deeper
31%
of all
urbanites
today live in
slums.
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10
of the biggest
cities in 2050 will
include 3 that are
primarily Muslim
and 3 are primarily
Hindu.

37. 2.5 billion
people of China and
India average 8 hours
of reading or more per
week.
37
They See Knowledge as the
Answer6

38. Digging Deeper
7
Years of schooling
is the global
average.
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51%
of all people
online are
speaking
Mandarin or
English.

39. Readers Around the World

40. Average Weekly
Hours on Media
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Global Philippines Brazil USA Indonesia China India Korea Mexico South Africa
Internet
Books
Radio
TV

41. Average Weekly
Hours Reading
6.5
7.6
5.2
5.7
6
8
10.7
3.1
5.5
6.3
Global
Philippines
Brazil
USA
Indonesia
China
India
Korea
Mexico
South Africa

42. 36%
is estimated percentage
of the world’s population
in 2050 who will
consider themselves
Christians. (Now on the
rise!)
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The King is Preparing Their
Hearts7

43. Digging Deeper
1
Billion
Evangelicals
by 2050
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7
700
Million
Evangelicals
in 2015.

44. Islam and Christianity

45. The Progress of
Evangelicals
1960 – 2010

46. 1960
1960

47. 1965
1965

48. 1970
1970

49. 1975
1975

50. 1980
1980

51. 1985
1985

52. 1990
1990

53. 1995
1995

54. 2000
2000

55. 2005
2005

56. 2010
2010

57. 1960
1960

58. 2010
2010

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How will these
numbers
change how
you serve the
King in 2015?

60. Stats Missiographic
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