Eurasia encompasses 23 countries with more than 329 million people. There are atheists, Muslims, and many from the Orthodox religious tradition. Yet, across all of these countries, the average percentage of evangelical Christians is a tiny 1.8 percent. Thousands of villages don't even have an Orthodox church. The need compels us to provide Scriptures and training so that millions can experience the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
Romania
New doors are opening after years of persecution
Population: 18,749,000
Percent Evangelical: 6.4%
Number of Unreached People: 89,000 (0.5%)
*Unreached People Groups: 8 out of 33 people groups are considered unreached
Religions: Eastern Orthodox, Protestant Christianity, Roman Catholic, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Atheism
Ethnic Groups: Romanian, Hungarian, Roma, Ukrainian, German, Aromanian, Turkish, Russian, Tatar, other ethnic minorities
Languages: Romanian (official), Hungarian, Romani (Gypsy), other ethnic languages
Reach A Village Ministries: Starting Local Churches, Bible Study Ministry, Children's Bible Ministry
**In the 10/40 window? No
Russia
Leading the way for a true relationship with Christ
Population: 143,915,000
Percent Evangelical: 1.4%
Number of Unreached People: 17,723,000 (12.3%)
*Unreached People Groups: 115 out of 182 people groups are considered unreached
Religions: Russian Orthodox, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Protestant Christianity, Hinduism, ethnic religions
Ethnic Groups: Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Bashkir, Chuvash, Chechen, Armenian, other ethnic minorities
Languages: Russian (official), Tatar, Chechen, other ethnic languages
Reach A Village Ministries: Starting Local Churches, Bible Study Ministry, Children's Bible Ministry
**In the 10/40 window? No
Serbia
A vision for every Roma neighborhood to know the love of Jesus Christ
Population: 6,577,000
Percent Evangelical: 0.7%
Number of Unreached People: 170,000 (2.6%)
*Unreached People Groups: 7 out of 35 people groups are considered unreached
Religions: Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Islam, Protestant Christianity, Judaism, Atheism
Ethnic Groups: Serb, Hungarian, Roma, Bosniak, Croat, Slovak, Czech, other ethnic minorities
Languages: Serbian (official), Hungarian, Bosnian, Romani, other ethnic languages
Reach A Village Ministries: Starting Local Churches, Children's Bible Ministry
**In the 10/40 window? No
Ukraine
Social transformation for the "Bible Belt" of this former Soviet nation
Population: 38,550,000
Percent Evangelical: 3.7%
Number of Unreached People: 464,000 (1.2%)
*Unreached People Groups: 29 out of 78 people groups are considered unreached
Religions: Orthodox, Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, ethnic religions
Ethnic Groups: Ukrainian, Russian, Roma, Ruthenian, Belarusian, Crimean Tatar, Moldovan, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, Polish, other ethnic minorities
Languages: Ukrainian (official), Russian, Crimean Tatar, Moldovan, Hungarian, other ethnic languages
Reach A Village Ministry Programs: Starting Local Churches, Bible Study Ministry, Children's Bible Ministry
**In the 10/40 window? No
*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_eur.html
