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Voice of 7 Thunders
The Voice of 7 Thunders is GRA’s weekly Hidden Manna e-messages on our blog, featuring God’s Word, stories, prayer needs, and opportunities to get involved in GRA Mission Squad ministry among the unreached.
"And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not... But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings." Revelation 10:4, 7-11.
Servant's Ministry to Your Church
No church or pastor can do it alone. No agency can do missions alone either. That's why GRA wants to get to know you and your church. We want to learn how to better serve you. We stand fully committed to serving alongside the local church to mobilize and develop people for effective service.
Note: In light of space limitations and the dynamics of GRA Servant’s ministry to Churches, we are only available to serve specific western countries, Africa, and part of Asia pastors, church leaders, and the Churches at this time. To have us minister at your church, please contact us.
Bible Translation Availability
At least some part of Scripture has been translated into 2,212 of the world's 6,500 languages
- 366 languages have the entire Bible
- 928 other languages have the New Testament
- Individual books (such as the Gospel of John) are available in 918 additional languages
- 80 percent of the world's people have access to at least some portion of the Bible in a language they can understand.
Missions Statistics
Center of population: Two-thirds of the world's populations --more than 3.2 billion people -- live in the 10/40 Window.
Unreached and unevangelized: 95% of the people living in the 10/40 Window are unevangelized.
Many have never heard the Gospel message even once. There are either no Christians or not enough of a Christian movement in many cultures of the 10/40 Window to carry out vibrant near-neighbor evangelism. If those groups are to be evangelized, believers will need to leave their own culture to enter another where they will seek to plant the gospel. Such cross-cultural evangelism is required because there are people groups with no church movements that are understandable or relevant to them.
Poverty: Eighty-five percent of those living in the 10/40 window are the poorest of the world's poor.
World religions: Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism are centered within the 10/40 Window.
Least evangelized cities: Half of the world's least evangelized cities are in this window.
Statistical data on unreached people groups can be staggering:
- 865 million unreached muslims or Islamic followers in 3330 cultural sub-groupings
- 550 million unreached Hindus in 1660 cultural sub-groups
- 150 million unreached Chinese in 830 groups
- 275 million unreached Buddhists in 900 groups
- 2550 unreached tribal groups (which are mainly animistic) with a total population of 140 million
- Forming a smaller -- though important -- unreached group are the 17 million Jews scattered across 134 countries
Good news:
-There's a difference between unreached and unreachable. In 1989 there were only four known Christians living in Mongolia. That country now has an estimated 10,000 indigenous believers.
-Christians delivered more than $1 million worth of food to just one 10/40 Window refugee camp in a recent year. In one North African country that is hostile to the Gospel, abundant rain fell after an Easter service. A local news channel reported, "Christians have brought rain to the desert."
-The country with the most rapid Christian expansion ever is China where there are 10,000 new Christian converts every day.
Unreached Peoples
Please visit Joshua Project for an extensive view of the unreached people groups of the world. The site offers many categories to sort the listings by: List of Unreached People
10/40 Window Nations
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