10/40 Window Research Paper

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According to a recent article, “1.5 billion people are without the full Bible in their first language” (“What’s been done”). This statistic shows that there are many people in the world who do not have a way to learn about Christ . We need people who are willing to go and spread the word to people who do not have these Bible translations. To spread the word of God, Christians need to understand how many people already know about God, how to spread the word in places like the 10/40 Window, and how to get missionaries into remote areas so people can who do not already know about Jesus can learn more about Him and become followers of Christ.
Many people in the world have never even heard of Christ in their lives mostly because they don’t have …show more content…

Often called "The Resistant Belt," this specific region, encompasses the majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists - billions of spiritually impoverished souls” (Buseck). The 10/40 Window is a place where the idea of the Christian religion has never been thought of. So many people in this area don’t even know a person who is a follower of Christ. The 10/40 Window is often referred to as the “Resistance Belt” because the region holds the majority of the world’s Muslim, Hindus, and Buddhist population(Buseck). The fact that there is a region that contains “46 of these 50 unreached people groups are in the 10/40 Window” (“Has everyone heard?”) indicates that this area is a potential place for missionary work because there are so many people who have never heard of the Gospel. Most of the time, people in area 10/40 don’t get to choose their religion. “In many of the 67 countries represented in the 10/40 Window, witnessing the Christian Gospel means death” (Buseck). The people living in this area are either afraid to follow a different religion or they haven't been introduced to different religion. Based on the evidence, many people living in the area of West Africa to East Asia are in desperate need of somebody willing to risk their lives in order to share the Gospel with

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