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The
world population is now over six billion people and God is
doing amazing things around the world, but there are still 4.2
billion people that have yet to hear and respond to the Gospel. We
have a great challenge before us!
1.8 billion of
the unreached people live in "reached" countries where the church exists but
not to the extent that these people have access to the Gospel. The
remaining 2.4 billion people live in "unreached" countries where the
message of the Gospel is not available; the church has yet to come
to them.
1,739 "unreached
people groups" have been identified which do not have a Gospel
witness, nor is there a church or agency targeting them. However,
there are Christians and churches from other cultures and nations
that can do the work of evangelization more effectively than a
western church such as *****, because of closer cultural, linguistic
and ethnic affinities.
The western Church
is not exempt from being involved in
evangelizing the unreached, but the completion of the task cannot
depend solely on manpower from the western world, as has been the
case in the past 200 years of the modern missionary movement. The
2/3rds world must be mobilized. We propose that this become the
primary mandate for the involvement of ***** in the evangelization of
"unreached people groups".
We will
aggressively seek opportunities and relationships that expand the
Kingdom into the unreached areas of the World. By gathering
information, participating in evangelism-focused networks and
events, we will attempt to assess which segment of the Body of
Christ is most qualified to "reach" a selected people group. When
identified we will "broker" resources, equip, facilitate and serve
the Body of Christ in reaching the people group. |
