People Group Polygons (IMB peoplegroups.org)

pgOrgPolygonsStaging contains a polygon for every people group in IMB's peoplegroups.org database. A people group is an ethno-linguistic group with a common self-identity that is shared by the various members. For strategic purposes, it is the largest group within which the Gospel can spread without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance. Each people group is categorized based on the presence and strength of an indigenous community of believing Christians able to engage the group with church planting. 59% of the world today is considered unreached — meaning Jesus is largely unknown among 4.6 billion people. Today, hundreds of thousands of people will die without the hope of Jesus. IMB exists to address this problem, the world’s greatest problem — lostness. We send missionaries to the nations to share the good news of Jesus PeopleGroups is produced by the GIS Team at IMB (International Mission Board) to support measuring access to gospel resources and evaluating church planting progress among all the people groups of the worldpgOrgPolygonsStaging数据集包含了国际使命委员会（International Mission Board，简称IMB）旗下peoplegroups.org数据库中每一个族群（people group）对应的多边形矢量数据。族群是指拥有统一自我身份认同、为全体成员共享的族语群体。出于战略考量，族群是福音（Gospel）得以传播而不会遭遇理解或接纳障碍的最大范围群体。每个族群均根据能够以教会植堂方式接触该群体的本土信徒社群的存在情况与影响力进行分类。当前全球有59%的人口被归类为未得之民——即有46亿人口几乎未曾听闻耶稣基督的名。时至今日，仍有数十万民众在未曾听闻耶稣救恩的情况下离世。IMB的创立宗旨便是解决这一全球性的终极难题——灵魂失丧。我们向万民派遣传教士，以传扬耶稣基督的福音。PeopleGroups数据集由IMB旗下地理信息系统（Geographic Information System，简称GIS）团队制作，旨在助力评估全球所有族群获取福音资源的情况，并评估各群体中的教会植堂进展。