{"id":12602,"date":"2023-12-27T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12602"},"modified":"2023-12-26T17:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T01:02:23","slug":"roundup-five-links-you-might-want-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12602","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: Five Links You Might Want to Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What would you guess are the top-ten most religious countries? What about the top-ten least religious countries? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/what-countries-are-the-most-religious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out an analysis piece based on the World Values Survey<\/a> from Ryan Burge\u2019s Graphs About Religion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u2019s the most popular Bible verse these days? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youversion.com\/press\/youversions-2023-verse-of-the-year-spotlights-a-widespread-search-for-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouVersion Bible app tells us it\u2019s Isaiah 41:10<\/a>\u2014again. They also report a 20% increase in daily Bible reading in 2023. Good news.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every year, Ministry Watch publishes a <a href=\"https:\/\/ministrywatch.com\/ministrywatchs-2023-shining-light-ministries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">list of best ministries to support based on their financial transparency, accountability, and efficiency<\/a>. Take a look. Some of us have room to improve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a list of fun and intriguing facts\u2014each with attribution\u2014see Tom Whitwell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/magnetic\/52-things-i-learned-in-2023-a3bbb9f9323d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">52 things I learned in 2023<\/a>. What a cool annual project! You may find something to use in a message or presentation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Move over, 10\/40 Window. Did you know that 50% of the world\u2019s population, including most of the least reached people, can be found in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cityvisiontc.org\/circle-of-significance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">circle of significance<\/a> with just 15% of the planet\u2019s landmass? The model and map are from John Mayer of City Vision.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12603,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12602\/revisions\/12603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}