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Sources: Operation World (www.operationworld.org) and Joshua Project (www.joshuaproject.net) from GMI visit www.missiographics.com Brought to you by our co-sponsors: Join us in prayer for the largest population of Muslims in the world. www.prayingforindonesia.com Keeping missionaries safe - Short-term, Long-term. www.missionaryinsurance.info INDONESIA praying for www.prayingforindonesia.com MODERATE MUSLIMS are increasingly open to Christianity due to harsh extremism of Islamists. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR THE WORD TO GO OUT to islands of people who are separated from God. As the Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 16:9, “For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” e islands of INDONESIA were created by volcanic activity, fire from below. e islands of INDONESIA will be redeemed by fire from above, disciples responding to the movement of the Spirit by bringing the Word to reach the unreached. INDONESIA: THINK BIG! 2.8% 1.2% THE RATE OF GROWTH OF EVANGELICALS is twice as fast as the growth of Islam. 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 India Pakistan Bangladesh INDONESIA China Japan Iran Turkey Thailand Nigeria Unreached People (millions) Total Population of members of Unreached People Groups 0 50 100 150 200 INDONESIA Pakistan Egypt Iraq Syria Muslim population (millions) INDONESIA - Muslim Population in comparisons to other countries MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY IN INDONESIA 80% of the population of Indonesia is Muslim. 15% are Christian. Some of the Muslims are strongly influenced by pre-Islamic and Hindu religions. ere are also Hindu, Buddhist and tribal religions. Islam was first adopted by Indonesians in northern SUMATRA in the 13th century, through the influence of traders, and became the country's dominant religion by the 16th century. BIG NEED AND BIG OPPORTUNITY BIG GOD INDONESIA is an archipelago comprising more than 17,000 islands , 6,000 of which are inhabited. When we think of islands, sometimes we think small. But INDONESIA is bigger than you think! GEOGRAPHICALLY PEOPLE GROUPS ere are 780 people groups spread across Indonesia’s 6,000 inhabited islands. 455 Reached Groups 225 Unreached Groups 225 unreached people groups represent 148.5 million people OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOSPEL POPULATION RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY e spread of Indonesia is similar to that of the continental United States. Indonesia has the largest Muslim population of any country in the world. Indonesia is the fourth-largest country in the world (aﬅer China, India, and the USA), with 232 million people. SINGAPORE MALAYSIA MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES BRUNEI TIMOR-LESTE AUSTRALIA INDONESIA JAVA SUMATRA KALIMANTAN SULAWESI PAPUA INDONESIA: THINK BIG!

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Page 1: INDONESIA: THINK BIG! - Amazon S3 · 2017-06-27 · INDONESIA - Muslim Population in comparisons to other countries MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY IN INDONESIA 80% of the population of

Sources: Operation World (www.operationworld.org) and Joshua Project (www.joshuaproject.net)

from GMI visit www.missiographics.com

Brought to you by our co-sponsors:

Join us in prayer for the largest population of Muslims in the world.www.prayingforindonesia.com

Keeping missionaries safe - Short-term, Long-term.www.missionaryinsurance.info

INDONESIApraying for

www.prayingforindonesia.com

Jakarta

MODERATE MUSLIMS are increasingly open to Christianity due to harsh extremism of Islamists.

THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR THE WORD TO GO OUT to islands of people who are separated from God. As the Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 16:9, “For a wide door for e�ective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.”

�e islands of INDONESIA were created by volcanic activity, �re from below. �e islands of INDONESIA will be redeemed by �re from above, disciples responding to the movement of the Spirit by bringing the Word to reach the unreached.

INDONESIA: THINK BIG!

2.8% 1.2%THE RATE OF GROWTH OF EVANGELICALS is twice as fast as the growth of Islam.

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200

IndiaPakistan

BangladeshINDONESIA

ChinaJapan

IranTurkey

ThailandNigeria

Unreached People (millions)

Total Population of members of Unreached People Groups

0 50 100 150 200

INDONESIA

Pakistan

Egypt

Iraq

Syria

Muslim population (millions)

INDONESIA - Muslim Population in comparisons to other countries

MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY IN INDONESIA

80% of the population of Indonesia is Muslim. 15% are Christian.Some of the Muslims are strongly in�uenced by pre-Islamic and Hindu religions. �ere are also Hindu, Buddhist and tribal religions.

Islam was �rst adopted by Indonesians in northern SUMATRA in the 13th century, through the in�uence of traders, and became the country's dominant religion by the 16th century.

BIG NEED AND BIG OPPORTUNITY

BIG GOD

INDONESIA is an archipelago comprising more than 17,000 islands, 6,000 of which are inhabited. When we think of islands, sometimes we think small. But INDONESIA is bigger than you think!

GEOGRAPHICALLY

PEOPLE GROUPS�ere are 780 people groups spread across

Indonesia’s 6,000 inhabited islands.

455ReachedGroups

225Unreached

Groups 225 unreached people groups represent 148.5 million people

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOSPELPOPULATION

RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY�e spread of Indonesia is similar to that of the continental United States.

Indonesia has the largest Muslim population of any country in the world.

Indonesia is the fourth-largest country in the world (a�er China, India, and the USA), with 232 million people.

SINGAPORE

MALAYSIA