Where the World is At  

Below is a look into statistics of the current world we live in...

Here’s a test of 20 question for you to see how your pulse is on the World…-According (LDTP) Leadership Development Training Program (Harvest)

1. What is the world’s population? (5.6 billion)
2. How many people are added to the world’s population every 2 seconds? (5)
3. Of those added people, how many are Asians? (3)
4. How many people in the world live in absolute poverty? (1.3 billion)
5. T or F: There is enough food for everyone on the earth today, and the potential to feed more than twice the world’s population? (TRUE)
6. How many children under 5 years old die every day due to malnutrition and preventable illness? (35,000)
7. What is the percent of children under 5 years old who die in developed countries? (1%)
8. What is the percent of children under 5 yrs old who die in the lease developed countries? (16%)
9. How many of the world’s one billion homes are classified as substandard, mostly due to inferior sanitation & unsafe water? (70%)
10. What percent of the world’s workforce cannot be said to have satisfactory employment? (35%)
11. What is the average annual income per person in the 40 least developed countries of the world? ($294USD)
12. Million How many people die of starvation every year? (18 million)
13. How many nations have ongoing armed conflicts? (36)
14. What percent of all men cannot read? (36%)
15. What percent of all women cannot read? (50%)
16. How many different languages are spoken in today’s world? (6100)
17. How many of these languages have no portion of the Bible in written form? (71%)
18. What percent of the world’s population is nominally Christian? (30%)
19. How many people in the world have not had any meaningful opportunity to respond to the Gospel? (1.7 million or 28%)
20. What percent of the world’s population has heard and believes the good news of the Gospel as found in the New Testament? (4-7%)  

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More statistics of where we are in life

• 10% of Christians read the whole Bible in their lifetime. (although we need to take into consideration those who are illiterate)
• 10% of Christians study the (whole) Bible in their lifetime.
• Much higher % is retained if taught with images (visuals), experience etc.
• 25% or more is retained by someone who reads aloud as apposed to reading silently. 
• 10% is the amount that most people retain when listening to a message     
• 250,000-300,000 Christian Martyrs annually. (those who die because of faith-related means).
• 1% of offerings within the United States (USA) are given to overseas missions. (And a fraction of that amount is given for pioneer-frontier work/missions)
• 25%+ of Africa is said to be infected with HIV/AIDS.
• 100 million women missing in China
• 80% of labor done in world is by women
• 1 in 4 girls molested (or more) in the USA
• 52,000 rapes a year in South Africa
• 60 million survivors of sex abuse in USA
• 2 million enter into Prostitution a year
• 60% of Thailand’s income
• 16 million in child labor sub continent of Asia
• 135 million girls go through Genital Mutilation
• 70% of abortions are from Protestants in many areas
• 90% of women get infected with AIDS from men-in many regions
•  Sierra Leone, West Africa:
  $167 = avg. annual income
  60 % Muslim
• "25 cents a day...
  "Workers pan for diamonds in a government controlled diamond mine near Kenema, Sierra Leone. Diamonds, mined both legally by the government and illegally by rebel RUF forces, have been the main issue in the ten-year-old brutal civil war. Diamond panners like these earn 500 Leones, about 25 cents and two cups of rice a day, unless they find a diamond."-MSNB...click here for more... msnbc.com/modules/sierra_leone/launch.asp?b=hi 

According to some contacts: Mexico is the 2nd highest in kidnapping-next to Colombia

• The rate of people viewing the Jesus Film is faster then those being born into the World

* 70% of AIDS found globally is occuring Sub-Saharan Africa

* 77% of deaths caused by AIDS were found in Africa in 2003

* USA has approx 1 million cases of AIDS

...and more to come...