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Progress Scale: 5 - Significantly reached● What is the Progress Scale?

Criteria

Evangelicals > 10%

Progress Level

People Groups

3,253

% of World's
People Groups

18.7 %

Population

1,748,562,000

% of World Population

22.6 %

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People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language ▲	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Indigenous
Zulu	South Africa	13,394,000	Zulu	Christianity	5 ●	81.00 %	28.79 %	●
Zulu	Eswatini	87,000	Zulu	Christianity	5 ●	87.00 %	20.00 %
Zulu	Zimbabwe	185,000	Zulu	Christianity	5 ●	85.00 %	22.00 %
Totals: 3,253 People Groups		1,748,562,000

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

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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