State of the World Skit
State of the World – Part 1 - World A, B, and C
We measure the world according to its response to Christ. World A is the unevangelized world, or those individuals who have not yet heard of Christ, Christianity or the Gospel. World B are those who have heard the Gospel, but have not yet responded. World C are those who are professed members of a Christian church.
In the case of countries, peoples, cities, provinces, and other large segments, World A is those that are less than half evangelized; World B, over 50% evangelized but less than 60% Christian, and World C, over 60% Christian or over 95% evangelized.
In order to simplify matters, we segment the whole world by two questions: first, have you heard of Jesus? and second, are you a Christian? In this way, every ethnic group, city, language, province, country and region of the world can be divided into one of three categories: World A, the unevangelized; World B, the evangelized non-Christian; and World C, the Christian.
We’re going to ask for some volunteers so that we can get a visual of what this looks like in the world today. So, I need 5 people to represent World C or those that claim to be Christians. Good, now I need 8 volunteers to represent World B which are the people that have heard of Christ and been evangelized but haven’t responded to Christ. Now, I need 7 people to represent the folks that have no access to a Bible or to Jesus even if they wanted to follow Him.
(hand out the signs)
World C: These people represent the 2 billion people in the world that live in places that claim to be Christian. They make up 33% of the world population. They are found in 141 different countries like the U.S., Philippines, Guatemala, Kenya, Romania, and Spain. They have churches close to them, Bibles in their languages, can normally turn on the TV or radio and hear about Christ. 73.1% of our whole mission force is going to these people when they go into the field.
World B: These people represent 40% of the world’s population and are the 2.4 billion people in the world that wouldn’t say that they are Christians but they have been evangelized and exposed to the Bible. They live in 59 different countries such as India, China, Nigeria, Cuba, Vietnam, and Indonesia. They live near churches and many of them have access to the Scriptures, but they haven’t responded to the call to follow Christ. 24.5% of our missionaries are going to these people to share the gospel.
World A: These people represent 27% of the world’s population and are the 1.6 billion least reached people of the world that have never heard the name of Jesus before. They live in countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Turkey, Iran, and Algeria. They could never believe in Christ, because they have never heard of Him and have no Bibles, Christians, or churches close to them to give them the truth. 2.4% of all deployed missionaries are going to this part of the world that has the greatest need.
We will be talking a lot this week about the needs of the world this week and especially the unreached as well as what Christians from World C should do in order to get involved. This activity is just a quick exercise to give us an overview of how many people have embraced Christ, how many have been exposed to Christ, and how many have no access at all. We will be looking at God’s word to see what he has to say about these people as well as what our response towards them should be as Christ followers.
State of the World – Part 2 – Finances and Stewardship
Annual Global Church Finance in US Dollars
16,400 Billion - Total Annual Income of all Christians 10000 beans
“These beans represent the total income of all the Christians in the world. So, if we took your $6/hr at Starbucks, and your $10/lawn mowed, plus your $50,000 and added up all of the Christians income, we would have this amount. Worldwide it is 16.4 billion dollars which we will represent with our 10000 beans.”
370 Billion - Giving to Christian Causes (Church 140, Para 230)(2.25% of total income) 225 beans “Jesus told us to be generous with our finances and to give to the church and to those in need. Acts tells us that the first century had everything in common and sold property and belongings when someone was in need. Today the average Christian gives 2.25% of their income to the church and non-profit organizations. So, we’ll take 225 beans out of our original 10000 since that is what is being given for the work of the Kingdom.”
22 Billion - To Foreign Missions (5.95% of giving to all Christian causes) 13 beans “Out of the generous 2.25% that little Christs give to Christian causes, only 5.95% of that is given to missions. Most goes to pay salaries, construct buildings, purchase Sunday school materials, etc. So, I’ll 13 beans out of our 225 that is going to Christian causes and send this out into the world to bless people. These 13 beans represent 22 billion dollars going into missions funds and organizations. That happens to be just under the amount that is stolen from the church each year from Christian leaders.”
~87% goes for work among those already Christian, World C 11.3 beans “So, now we have 13 beans out of the 225 given to Christian causes out of the 10000 made each year by Christians. Now, we need to divide these three beans between our Worlds A, B and C. 87% of all of the money given for missions is spent in World A where most of the people profess to be Christians at least in name. So, we’ll give 11 of our beans to World A.”
~12% for work among already Evangelized but Non-Christian, World B 1.5 beans “Okay, now that we’ve blessed those that already claim to be Christians, let’s start giving some money to those that have access to the Gospel but haven’t yet accepted Christ. Hey wait, we’re running out of beans. Well, there is that one verse about taking the Gospel to all nations, so we better send something in order to be obedient. I need to bite a bean in half and give one and a half representing 12% of all MISSIONS giving and put it into World B. These are the people that live within reach of the Gospel but hasn’t responded.”
~1% for work among still unevangelized and unreached people groups, World A .13 beans “Well, we have half a bean left. 1% of all money given to foreign missions goes to those that have never heard the Gospel and won’t have access unless someone goes to them. That means that $1 out of every $100 given to missions makes it to the least reached. It’s a little less than half a penny of all money given in the name of Christ.”
“We learned yesterday about God’s heart for all nations. In Mat 6:21, Jesus said “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” If Jesus the head of the church were to be setting up the body’s missions account and even his own person giving, I have to believe that more than 6% of our general budgets would be going to missions and definitely more than 1% of all of our missions giving going to the unreached.”
We’ll leave you with some words that come straight from the Father’s mouth, not ours (shown on the screen):
Mat 12:35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
Mat 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Luk 12:14 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"
Luk 12:15 And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
Luk 12:16 And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
Luk 12:17 and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'
Luk 12:18 And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Luk 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
Luk 12:20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
Luk 12:21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
Luk 12:33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
1Ti 6:17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
1Ti 6:18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
1Ti 6:19 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
Jam 5:1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
Jam 5:2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Jam 5:3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
Jam 5:4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Jam 5:5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Mat 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Mat 25:24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,
Mat 25:25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'
Mat 25:26 But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed?
Mat 25:27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
Mat 25:28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.
Mat 25:29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Mat 25:30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Luk 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
Luk 16:10 "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
Luk 16:11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
Luk 16:12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
Luk 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
Mat 21:12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
Mat 21:13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."
Luk 16:14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
Act 4:34 There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold
Act 4:35 and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.
Act 4:36 Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,
Act 4:37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
State of the World – Part 3 – Go, THUMB
We have talked a little bit about World A, B, and C this week. Right now, we are going to focus on the people in World A for a few minutes. They are the 27% of the world’s population and the people that have no access to the gospel. That’s one out of every four people living on planet earth having never heard the Gospel, 2000 years after Christ said to take it into all the world.
We often times refer to the people in World A as the THUMB people (T stands for Tribal, H stands for Hindu, U stands for Unreligious which includes the Chinese, M stands for Muslim, and B stands for Buddhist). We are going to look at how many people live in each of these religious groups and the number of missionaries going to them.
(dress people up in the THUMB costumes and have one Christian off to the side)
Population of Major Religions
6,470,000,000 – Total World Population
“Right now, there are about 6.4 billion people living on planet earth”
2,195,529,000 - Christians of all kinds (33.8%) – 402,200 missionaries (90.8%) (1 for every 5459)
647,000,000 Great Commission Christians; 5.35 million National Workers (1 in every 128); 420,000/443,000 Foreign Missionaries (1 in every 1553)
“We have said that there are about 2.1 billion people living in World A claiming to be Christians. Once we take out the nominal believers and ones that are considered Christians just because they were born in a certain country, we end up with about 688 million what we call Great Commission Christians. Now, out of those 688 million, we currently have 420,000 missionaries that have been sent out. That means that in our churches today, we are sending out a whopping 1 in every 1553 to preach the Gospel to others. Out of those missionaries that are sent out, 90.8% of them are ministering among nominal believers and places that claim to be Christian.”
1,359,745,000- Muslims (20.9%) – 4,000 missionaries (.9%) (1 for every 339,936)(3 for every million)
“These are our Muslims representing 20.9% of the world’s population. Out of all of the missionaries that we are pumping out, .9% of them are going to the Muslim world.”
888,300,000- Hindus (13.7%) – 5,300 missionaries (1.2%) (1 for every 167,603)
“These are our Hindus representing 13.7% of the world’s population. Out of all of the missionaries that we are pumping out, 1.2% of them are going to the Hindu world.”
787,236,000- Nonreligious and Atheists (12.1%) – 11,700 missionaries (2.6%) (1 for every 67,285)
388,098,000- Chinese Folk Religionists (6.0%) – 2,700 missionaries (.6%) (1 for every 143,740)
“These are our Unreligious and Chinese people representing 18.1% of the world’s population. Out of all of the missionaries that we are pumping out, 3.2% of them are going to the Unreligious and Chinede world.”
386,023,000- Buddhists (6.0%) – 2,000 missionaries (.6%) (1 for every 193,000)
“These are our Buddhists representing 6.0% of the world’s population. Out of all of the missionaries that we are pumping out, .6% of them are going to the Buddhist world.”
262,502,000- Tribals (4.0%) – 11,500 missionaries (2.6%) (1 for every 22,826)
“These are our Tribal people representing 4.0% of the world’s population. Out of all of the missionaries that we are pumping out, 2.6% of them are going to the Tribal world.”
“So, we’ve got 90% of our full-time missionaries are leaving their homes to go to other places that are considered Christian while the other 10% are spread throughout the THUMB people and the least reached world. This graphic (#1) shows how the majority of our mission work is being done in places that have been highly evangelized and have very strong churches for the most part. This graphic (#2) shows how out of the 647 million Great Commission Christians, that only 420,000 full-time missionaries and that out of those only 10,200 are considered pioneer or frontier missionaries working among those who have no chance to hear. That’s 10,200 laborers to reach the 1.6 billion people that have never heard the name of Christ. We’re talking about one missionary for every 156,862 people in these areas. Would you want help if you were one person in charge of reaching that kind of multitude? Maybe, that’s what Jesus was talking about when he told his disciples that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few and to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers into the field.”
These are some of the statistics that God has used to put the new THUMBs Up Vision on our hearts hear at GFM. We really feel like the Lord wants us to start a training base among each of the THUMB people to raise up more long-term laborers to do church planting in these areas. We’ve heard God’s heart for the nations and know that he wills that none should perish, so something must be done to get more laborers sent out to those that have never heard. Pray about how you can get involved in prayer, through giving, and especially going to these places that don’t know Christ and need someone to tell them.”
“There are 600 evangelical churches for every unreached people group in the world.”
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