Unreached and Unengaged People Groups

The World

Saturday, October 13, 2012

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Unreached and Unengaged People Groups

The more our missions team researches the databases about the world's remaining unreached people groups, we are finding information that narrows down our focus of not only praying for the people groups are considered the least reached, but to be able to differentiate between unreached people groups and unengaged people groups. The Joshua Project lists 7,056 of the world's 16,655 people groups as "unreached or least reached." They define this demographic as being less than 2% evangelical and less than 5% Christian adherents. So as of this year that would mean that 42.4% of all the world's languages and 41.3% of the world's population fit into this demographic of being "unreached or least-reached" by the gospel of Christ. The task of completing the Great Commission seems tremendous and even overwhelming if we look at these statisctics. But now we have the information needed to differentiate between "unreached or least-reached" and "unengaged" people groups of the world.

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The Joshua Project defines this demographic as "unengaged" when there is no church planting methodology consistent with Christian faith and practice underway. The Joshua Project lists 1,367 people groups as "unengaged" by the gospel. This helps our mission team better prioritize which people groups are in desperate need of having missionaries sent to them, who will carry the love and glory of God into their nations and give them the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel of Christ. Of course, the missionaries we are training and sending to the darkest places of the world are not limited by any of these demographics, and will go wherever Holy Spirit is leading them and their teams. But now we can more accurately paint a picture of which people groups don't even have missionaries, churches or organizations attempting to bring them the gospel of Christ.

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Please pray about what part you play in reaching both the "unreached" and "unengaged" people groups of the world. According to Jesus we are all called to "Go and make disciples of every people group" (Matt. 28:18-20). So whether you are literally GOING to make disciples of these people groups, or you are going by PRAYING, SENDING or FINANCING the Kingdom of God being established, please engage in what the heartbeat of Papa God beats strongly for during these last days, and what Jesus came to the earth to do; to "seek and save that which is lost" (Matt. 18:11) so that heaven is complete by "every tribe, tongue and nation" represneted around His throne (Rev. 5:9). In fact, Jesus will not return until "this gospel of the kingdom if preached in every nation" or people group, "and then the end will come" (Matt. 24:14).

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Please check out the online resource below for more information on the 1,367 "unengaged" people groups of the world.

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Christian Jung

 

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For a list of all "engaged" people groups, please visit:
http://www.joshuaproject.net/unengaged.php