What Is The 10/40 Window

WHAT IS THE 10/40 WINDOW?

The 10/40 window is a rectangular shape located 10 degrees by 40 degrees north of the equator and stretches from West Africa, through the Middle East, to Eastern Asia.

FACTS ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW

• 3.3 billion of the world’s 8.1 billion people live here.
• There are 62 nations within the 10/40 window
• 97% of the unreached nations falls in the window
• There are 34 Muslim countries, 7 Buddhist nations, 3 Marxist nations and 2 Hindu countries within the belt.
• The 10/40 window contains over 1 billion Muslims, nearly 1 billion Hindus and 600 million Buddhists.
• More than 8 out of 10 of the poorest of the poor live in the window (average wage: $1.40/per day)
• It is an area of great spiritual darkness known as the “resistance belt”
• 85% of the world’s poorest nations are located in the least evangelized part of the world
• It contains over 70% of the world’s people but only 8% of all missionary effort.
• The Church is only sending 4,000 of its 332,000 missionaries.
• Less than ½ of 1% of the budget of our Churches goes to reach the 10/40 window