The "10/40 Window" is a term used in mission circles to describe a section of the earth between the 10th and 40th parallels north of the equator.  It stretches from northern Africa through the Middle East and central and eastern Asia.  The area has several significant f10/40 Windoweatures that Christians must consider:

• This is where a majority of the world’s population lives.  Even though the area represents only one-third of the earth’s land, it is there that almost two-thirds of the world’s population reside.  The two most populous nations on earth are within this area: India and China, which collectively represent almost one half of the world’s population;
   
• The majority of the people in this world who need the Lord live in this area!  More than 90 percent of the “least- evangelized” people on earth live in the 10/40 Window;
   
• This is where many of the world’s most spiritually-receptive people live.  The 10/40 Window is the birthplace of all the major world religions—Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.  With the exception of Christianity, all other religions are strong in this area today;
   
• This is where the hurting people are!  The majority of the world’s poorest people—some 80 percent—live here.  Even more important, more than 80 percent of the people in the world with the lowest “quality of life” live in this area; and
   
• Unbelievably, in spite of these facts, Christianity spends less than 10 percent of its mission funds and mission efforts on this area.

COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW:

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