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"Then He (Jesus) said to them, 'The harvest is indeed
plentiful,
but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest,
that He may
send out laborers into His harvest.'"
Luke 10:2
(World English Bible)
The 10/40 Window
The 10/40 Window
In
the late 1980's, Louis Bush coined the phrase, "THE
10/40 WINDOW". This refers to the area located from
10 degrees to 40 degrees north of the equator, which
includes North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan,
India,
Bangladesh, Malaysia, Cambodia, China, Thailand and
several Eurasian
countries.
Why the 10/40 Window... There
are many reasons why Christians should be focusing
their prayers, sending their best missionaries, and
giving their funds to this area of the world.
95% of the unreached
people groups of the world live in the 10/40 Window.
(An "unreached people group" is a segment of the
population to which because of too few missionaries,
the Gospel cannot spread along natural lines without
encountering barriers of understanding, language,
social hierarchy, politics, culture, history,
geography, prejudice, etc. They have no community
of Christians able to lead them to salvation or
sometimes even to a slight knowledge of Jesus
Christ).
It contains over 70% of the
world's people, but only 8% of the missionaries
laboring. The Church is only sending 4,000 of its
over 332,000 missionaries to this area. Almost all
of the governments in this 10/40 window are hostile
to the Christian message. Poverty, starvation and
political problems are daily occurrences in most of
these countries.
Within this 10/40
Window ,
there are more than a billion Muslim's, nearly a
billion
Hindu's,[Indians]
and over six hundred million Buddhist,who will spend
eternity in hell apart from Christ. Of the 55
countries of the world that are considered "Un evangleized"... 97% of these are in this window.
When we think of the poor,
the really poor of this world, the 10/40 Window must
be looked into. More than 8 out of 10 of the
poorest of the poor live in the window.
In this window, about 10,700
children are born and 1,400 people die each hour
without ever hearing the gospel. The majority of
people in this world are children... 3 out of 4 are
hungry. Over 100 Million Children are Victims of
Child Labor.
In
Hinduism 33 million gods are worshiped, and 200
million cows
are considered holy.
Presently, Church for the Distant Ministries has
been ministering in the country
INDIA,
which is located within the 10/40 Window.
We
are calling on Churches, Ministers, Ministries and
Christians to help us
bring the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to these unreached people groups in India.
Support Church for the Distant Ministries with your
fervent prayers and in Actions.
Shall we together make a Difference? Are you Ready?
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Church for the Distant Ministries & Child Rural Relief Organization
Would you Please Pray and Contact us?
Rev.K.CHAITANYA KUMAR, Founder President,
Church for the Distant Ministries,
BETHUEL # 5-375,
Subbaraopet, Katheru, RAJAHMUNDRY-533 105,
A.P., INDIA.
Tel: +91 883 2463520
Mobile: +91 94406 70254
Email: cfd_min@rediffmail.com
; cfdmin@yahoo.com
Website:
www.cfdministries.org
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