China

China Full MapChristianity is exploding in China! The country has a population of nearly 1.4 billion people, but has a relatively small number of evangelical Christians. Hearts are open, and people are responding to the Gospel.

Our partners are training local Christians and providing biblical materials to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities to spread the Good News. There is a need for millions of Scriptures to disciple the new believers.

Population: 1,395,545,000

Percent Evangelical: 7.6%

Number of Unreached People: 139,740,000 (10.0%)

*Unreached People Groups: 441 out of 545 people groups are considered unreached

Religions: officially Atheist, folk religions, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Daoism (Taoism), Hinduism, Judaism

Ethnic Groups: Han Chinese, Zhuang, Hui, Manchu, Uyghur, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Mongol, Buyi, Subei, Dong, Hmu, Korean, Kazakh, Khampa, Pingdi, Ghao-Xong, Nosu, Lu Mien, Li, She, Chuanqing, Dai, Yao, other ethnic minorities

Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official), Wu (Shanghainese), Yue (Cantonese), Jinyu, Min Nan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Gan, Min Bei (Fuzhou), Xiang, Hakka dialects, other ethnic languages

 

**In the 10/40 window? Yes

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*Unreached People Groups are defined by Joshua Project as ethnic groups that have no significant presence of evangelical Christians among them - typically less than 2 percent - and lack the resources to evangelize their own people.

**The 10/40 Window is the part of the world between 10° and 40° north latitude that is home to the largest concentration of unreached people groups with the least access to the Gospel. 

 

Sources:

Joshua Project https://joshuaproject.net/global_list/countries

CIA The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/wfbExt/region_eas.html