By Fred Pry for CHRISTIAN DAILY INTERNATIONAL
Asia offers enormous potential to reach more of the next generation with the Gospel.
In many ways, Asia is a world unto itself. The continent covers roughly 30% of the earth’s land area, is about one-and-a-half times the size of Africa, and is home to approximately 5 billion people — about 60% of the world’s population. Across that vast expanse are thousands of languages and an extraordinary range of cultures, histories, and traditions.
With Christians making up less than 10% of Asia’s population, the opportunity to share the Good News is enormous. Reaching these people, however, comes with significant challenges.
The first is simply getting to them. Across a continent this large, communities are often separated by great distances and geographic barriers, such as deserts and mountains, making some populations especially difficult to access. For example, Mongolia, a landlocked country over twice the size of the state of Texas, is home to only 3 million people, making it the least densely populated independent country in the world. Harsh winters, low rainfall, the Gobi Desert, and high mountains can make some communities especially difficult to reach.
