There are approximately 163 million orphans in the world.
That is 19 times the population of New York City. No country is unaffected.
Approximately 40 million orphans live among the top
100 Unreached people groups.
These people have no access to the gospel, no Bible in their own language, no church. Visit www.joshuaproject.net for more information on Unreached peoples.
More than 15 million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS.
Africa has the largest population of people affected by AIDS. Unless we do something this number will continue to grow exponentially.
In the US there are approx-
imately 500,000 children in foster care.
There are approximately 300,000 protestant churches in the United States. It is estimated that 4,000 new churches are being planted each year in the U.S. Foster children need the church. There are also 130,000 children in the US Foster system that are currently available for adoption at little to no financial cost.
