‘Half the world lives on less than two dollars a day’ (George Bush, June 2001).
They are poor because we have taken their money. 20% of the world receives 87% of its income while 80% of the world lives on 13% of its income. In 1820, income per person in developed countries was three times income per person in underdeveloped countries: by 1992, income per person in developed countries was 72 times income per person in underdeveloped countries.1
Meanwhile, in 1960, 78% (66 million) of 84.5 million evangelicals worldwide lived in the West. By 2000, nearly three-quarters (310 million) of 420 million evangelicals worldwide lived in underdeveloped countries.2 What is God saying?
