3 Billion People Have Never Heard the Name of Jesus: International Day for the Unreached Tries to Light Up the Map on Pentecost Sunday
Roughly three billion people on earth live in unreached people groups, communities where the Gospel of Jesus Christ has either never been preached or where the indigenous Church is too small to evangelise its own people. A new global coalition just launched the International Day for the...
Global Coalition Launches Pentecost Themed Awareness Campaign for the World's 7,400 Plus Unreached People Groups Across South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa
Roughly three billion people on earth live in unreached people groups, communities where the Gospel of Jesus Christ has either never been preached or where the indigenous Church is too small to evangelise its own people. A new global coalition just launched the International Day for the Unreached on Pentecost Sunday, 24 May 2026, to "light up the map" for those billions.
What Unreached Means and Why Pentecost Was Chosen
An unreached people group is typically defined as a community where less than 2 percent of the population identifies as evangelical Christian. There are roughly 7,400 such groups, concentrated across South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of East Asia.
Pentecost is the foundational date of the Christian Church's mission to the nations. The International Day for the Unreached deliberately ties modern global evangelism to that founding event.
The Crusader's Opinion
Three billion people. Not three thousand. Not three million. Three billion souls who have never heard the name of Jesus pronounced in their own language. The Great Commission is not finished. Pentecost is not a museum date. The Church must still go.
Take Action
- Donate: Joshua Project and Frontiers
- Pray: One unreached people group with your family this week
- Support: A missionary working in an unreached field
- Read: The Joshua Project's interactive map of unreached groups
