Joshua Project - Progress Scale Explanation

The Joshua Project Progress Scale provides an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group or country. The scale is derived from a comparison and integration of % Evangelical, % Adherent, Patrick Johnstone Church Planting Indicator (CPI), Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC) Indicator, Morelia Scale, World Christian Encyclopedia World A-B-C classification and other progress indicators.

There are instances where the above progress indicators are inconsistent with one another. In these cases the Joshua Project scale takes a middle ground approach. Please send Joshua Project any information which might help to reconcile conflicting reports about the current status among a people group or country.

Stage	Level	Level Description
Unreached / Least-Reached	1.0	Status data unavailable. Located where gospel is not generally available.
	1.1	Very few, if any, known believers. Adherents <=5%.
	1.2	Evangelicals > 0.01%, but <=2%. Adherents <=5%.
Formative or Nominal Church	2.0	Status data unavailable. Located where gospel is generally available.
	2.1	Very few, if any, known believers. Adherents >5%.
	2.2	Evangelicals > 0.01%, but <=2%. Adherents >5%.
Emerging Church	3.1	Evangelicals >2% but <=5%. Probable group of evangelical fellowships.
	3.2	Evangelicals >5%. Accelerating rate of new fellowships.
Growing Church	4.1	Evangelicals >10% or one evangelical fellowship per 10,000 individuals.
	4.2	Evangelicals >15% or one evangelical fellowship per 5,000 individuals.