South Asia Profile
About South Asia
- Contains more than 2,500 different people groups, most unreached with the gospel
- 950 million Hindus live in South Asia
- More Muslims live in South Asia than in any other region of the world
- India has the third largest population of Muslims after Indonesia and Pakistan.
- The largest percentage of the poorest of the poor live in South Asia
- Receives the smallest percentage of the world’s mission resources and personnel
- South Asia represents countries with some of the most restricted access in the world.
- 52% of the least reached peoples live in South Asia
Reaching South Asia
- Many South Asia countries are now open for relief workers, medical personnel, tourists, and business development.
- ReachGlobal work focuses on equipping local leaders.
- National regional leaders are multiplying their own leadership teams and multiplying healthy churches to meet the incredible spiritual and physical needs of South Asia.
- ReachGlobal South Asia is committed to strengthening strategic national partnerships for the multiplication of healthy churches among all peoples.
- Note: ReachGlobal does not have resident staff in all countries. In restrictive access countries, ReachGlobal enters with legitimate business and community development platforms.
