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Understanding today 's world

Putting your faith in action in today's

world requires an understanding of the

needs around the globe. This section of

the Faith in Action Study Bible will give

you insight into the daily life of billions of

people. You'll also gain a new perspective

on your place in this world.

There are more than 6 billion people in the world.

One in two lives on less than $2 a day

One in three claims to be a Christian

One in four is under 14 years old

One in five is Chinese

One in six does not have access to health care

One in seven does not get enough to eat



The world in the 21" century

Christians 2 billion

All numbers are S ased anselldesmbdreligious aff, ,on

To the ends of the earth

worships

Religion worldwide :: number of people = 6 billion

Muslims 1.2 blion

Where Christians live'

Other religions :: I billion

In the 125-year period shown below, the growth of

the church is rapidly shifting from north to south

of the Equator, and from the West to East Asia.

Total number of Christians

. =in1900: 558 million

U = today :: 2.0 billion

= in 2025 est. 2.6 billion

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the world, 1.6 billion have

never heard the gospe.

Hindus ::.8 bllion Nonreligious :: 7 b llion

B u d d h i s t s .3 billion

24%

Concentration of other major religious groups

MuslimHindu Buddhist

The decline of Christianity

in Europe is one of the most

startling religious developments

of the 20th century.

Africa is experiencing

the fastest church

growth of any region

80% of the world

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Population

UntedSouth

States America

290 million 364 million

EuropeArica

536 million 854 million

urban areas.

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By 2015, the worlds population

is expected to exceed 7 billion,

with more than haf liv ing in

India

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Helping other countries in need

Among 22 of the most developed nations, the United States

ranks last in percentage of financial assistance provided for

developing nations as compared to gross domestic product (GDP),

one of the broadest measures of economic health.

Countries , by wealth :: (GDP, per capita)'

Luxembourg $55 100

Norway $37,800

United States $37,800

United Kingdom $27, 700

Russa $8,900

China $5,000

Lebanon $4,800

Inda $2,900

Honduras $2,600

Camboda $1,900

Niger $800

Afghanstan $7 00

Sierra Leone $500

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Luxembourg$35230

Norway$30795

Denmak$302.72

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Fance$10468

Swtzerland$15030

United Kngdom$74.88

Japan$7153

Portuga $2682

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people-alf of the

world's population-live

on less than $2 a day."

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people live on less

than $1 a day ; of these,

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sub-Saharan Africa.

Zambia

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China

East Africa

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people , tuberculosis more than 2 million,

and malaria around I million.'

In the U.S., yearly deaths due to lung cancer

average just over 150,000.'

Dying to give birth :: maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

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Sic r ra Leone 2,000

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Budgeting for health :: per capita annual health expenditures

Jordan $412

China $224

Ukrane $ 176

Honduras $153

Burundi $19

Zambia

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Guatemaa 240

India 540

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AIDS;The pandemic of our century

By 2010 , a child born

in Botswana, Africa

can expect to live only

27 years due to the

AIDS pandemic.

Since it was

discovered , AIDS has

killed 28. 2 million people-

I more than three times the

I population of Sweden."

Number of people

Iving with H IV/Al DS

s in 2001

s today

s by 2010 India

HIV/AIDS cases by region

1 = 10.000 HIV-postiveNorth

aduts (between theAmerica

ageso IS49) 990,000

% of total HIV cases

Est Aa3%

Eastern Europe & Central Asia 4%

LainAmrica5North Africa & Middle East

Oceania

North America

South & Southeast Asia

3%

Sub-SaharanArca64%

WsternEurope 2%

Projected HIVIAIDS hot spots

RussaChna

H I V - p o s i t i v e a d u l t scountries with

highest prevaences

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Swaziland

Lesotho

3 7 3 % [

2 4 6 %

388%I

2 8 , 9 %

I

While sub- Saharan Africa has

seen the greatest devastation

from HIV/AIDS to date,

exploding infection rates

in Russia, China , and India

threaten similar or worse

epidemics in these regions

in the near future.

I If all the children orphaned by AIDSheld hands, they wouldf/ half times across the United States (or more than halfway

By 2011 , this virtual chain will reach around the world. "'

HIV growth

Total increase

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North America

Western Europe

Latin America

C a r i b b e a n

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Zation an d literacy

Illiteracy rates by country

1 50% or more

30%-49%

10%-29%

less than 10%

insufficient data

Estimated world illiteracy rates :: by region and gender"

60

Latin

Number of library books

per 1,000 people'

7

226

Developed Amerca EasAsa Sub-SahaanAab SouhSerra

countries CaibbeanOceanaAricaI SaesAsaLeoneBoivaTurkeyCanada

Primary school - age g

Nearlyhalf of theUnted Sates

children who start primary less than 1%

school do not finish."

In some school districts in Kenya, a single teacher may

have up to 250 students. Many of these students fail, due

to both hunger (which makes it difficult to concentrate)

and lack of instruction.'"

Average student - teacher ratio" '

Central African Repubic Bangadesh

•

Pakistan



The world in the 21 " century

Development index for women

The Gender Development Index measures

average achievement in the areas of long

and healthy life, knowledge, and decent

standard of living-adjusted to account

for inequa ities between women and men,

s highest 25%

N upper middle 25%

N lower middle 25%

s lowest 25%

insufficient data

Gender gap in the developing world :: female as a percent of male's"

100%

Life expectancy Primary school enrollment Involvement in government

Secondary school enrollment

Women work two

out of every three of the

world's total working hours.

About I of e

3 girls worldwide i

educated past fourth g

Women own less than I" of theworld's property.

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"And God will wipe away every tear

"I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no

one could count , from every nation , tribe , people a nd language,

standing before the throne and in fron t of the Lamb ...He will

wipe away every tear from their eyes . There will be no more

death or mourning or cr ying or pain, for the old order of

things has passed away."

-Revelation 7:9;21:4

Source references

I. World Christian Database, 2004

2. Word Christian Encyclopeda, 2001

3. Operation World. 2001

4. Exploring Word M sson, Bryant Myers. Word Vison

Internationa. 2003

5. CIA World Factbook, 2003

6. Un ted Nations Human Deve opment Report 2004

7. CIA World Factbook, 2004

8. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,

October 2004

9. World Vision

10. Word Bank. 200411. Internationa Te ecommuncation Unon, March 2004

12. Undernourishment Around the Word, Food and

Agricuture Organzation, 2003

13. State of Food Insecurity in the Word, Food and

Agricuture Organzation 2001

14. The Words Water,The B i e n n i a l Report on Freshwater

Resources (Gleck 1998)

15. www.worldwatecorg

16. Un ted Nations Human Deveopment Report 2003

17. State of the Word 2004,Wordwatch Institute

18. State of Food Insecurity in the Word, Food and

Agricuture Organzation, 2003

19. Word Heath Organzation, 2004

20. UN Word Water Deve opment Report, 2003

21. Environmenta Protection Agency, 2004

22. Center for Science in the Pubic Interest, 2004

23. USAID, 2004

24. State of the Word s Chi dren, UNICEF, 2004

25. www.oneworldheath.org

B,,Id,ga beter word fordrvamn

26. UNAIDS (2004 Report on the Globa AIDS Epidemic,

www.unads.org)

27. Centers for Disease Contro and Prevention, 2003

28. NationaVita S tatistics Reports. 2003

29. Centers for Disease Contro and Prevention, 2004

30. Nationa Inteli gence Council of the Un ted States, 2003

31. USAID,2002

32. Children on the Brink, UNIC EF, 2002

33. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2000 and 2002 data

34. Househod survey data, net enro lment data from

UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices (data

ava abe at www.nationmastercom)35. "Educationa nourishment feedng children in Africa,"

New York Tmes, October 24, 2004

36. UNESCO (dam aval abe at www.nationmastercom)

37. Washington Research Counci . 2004

38. Un ted Nations Human Deveopment Report 2001

39. State of the Future, 2002

40. State of the Word Index, 2000

41. Every day, 8,000 peop e de of AI DS. The Vietnam War

clamed 58,200 Amercan casuaties.

42. Wordwide, there are currenty 15 milli on orphans

due to AIDS. By 2010 this number is expected to

exceed 25,000.

For more information, vist the folowing web s tes:

wwwcia.gov/ciapub icationsfactbook

(Centra Inte ligence Agency Factbook)

www.un.org (Unted Nations)

www.wordvis on.org

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communtes wordwide reach ther u l potenta bytackingthe causes o poverty. Mova edby our fath

i n J e s u s , we serve the word s poor-regardess ofa person's r e l i g i o n , race ethn city. or gender-as a

demonstraton of Gods uncondtona ove for a peope

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