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Progress Scale: 2 - Minimally reached ● What is the Progress Scale?

Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%

Progress Level

People Groups

1,008

% of World's
People Groups

6.1 %

Population

237,894,000

% of World Population

2.9 %

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range
	Ile Ape	Indonesia	18,000	●	Ile Ape	Islam	2	0-0.1% ●	5-10% ●
	Bintanna	Sri Lanka	7,300	●	Sinhala	Buddhism	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●
	Magar	India	368,000	●	Nepali	Hinduism	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●
	Rabha	India	372,000	●	Assamese	Hinduism	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●
	Gurung Ghaleg	Nepal	547,000	●	Gurung	Buddhism	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●
	Bhotia	India	115,000	●	Nepali	Buddhism	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●
	Dayak, Tidung	Indonesia	54,000	●	Tidung, Southern	Islam	2	0-0.1% ●	5-10% ●
	Oromo, Hararghe	Ethiopia	8,291,000	●	Oromo, Eastern	Islam	2	0-0.1% ●	5-10% ●
	Totals: 1,008 People Groups		237,894,000

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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%