Joshua Project - Progress Scale Explanation

The Joshua Project Progress Scale provides an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group or country. The scale is derived from a comparison and integration of % Evangelical, % Adherent, Patrick Johnstone Church Planting Indicator (CPI), Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC) Indicator, Morelia Scale, World Christian Encyclopedia World A-B-C classification and other progress indicators.

There are instances where the above progress indicators are inconsistent with one another. In these cases the Joshua Project scale takes a middle ground approach. Please send Joshua Project any information which might help to reconcile conflicting reports about the current status among a people group or country.

Stage	Level	Level Description
Unreached / Least-Reached Less than 2% Evangelicals and Less than 5% Christian Adherents	1.0	Status data unavailable. Located where gospel is not generally available.
	1.1	Very few, if any, known believers. Christian Adherents <=5%.
	1.2	Evangelicals > 0.01%, but <=2%. Christian Adherents <=5%.
Formative or Nominal Church Less than 2% Evangelicals and Greater than 5% Christian Adherents	2.0	Status data unavailable. Located where gospel is generally available.
	2.1	Very few, if any, known believers. Christian Adherents >5%.
	2.2	Evangelicals > 0.01%, but <=2%. Christian Adherents >5%.
Established Church Between 2 and 10% Evangelicals	3.1	Evangelicals >2%, but <=5%.
Established Church Between 2 and 10% Evangelicals	3.2	Evangelicals >5%, but <=10%.
Significant Church Greater than 10% Evangelicals	4.1	Evangelicals >10%, but <=15%.
Significant Church Greater than 10% Evangelicals	4.2	Evangelicals >15%.