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Diaspora Integrative Project. The World is Coming to Texas ! Global Prayer Digest – May 2011. Perspectives on the World Christian Movements. Our New missional reality.
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Diaspora Integrative Project The World is Coming to Texas! Global Prayer Digest – May 2011 Perspectives on the World Christian Movements
Our New missional reality “100 year ago we sent missionaries to the nations to look for the cities. Today you go to the cities and you find the nations" Dr. Ray Bakke “Diaspora missiology may well be the most important undigested reality in missions thinking today." Dr. Ralph Winter “one of the greatest ironies in missions today is the fact that although we have a good understanding of the evangelical status of many of the world’s peoples in other nations, for the most part, we are ignorant regarding the evangelical status of the peoples of the world living in our backyards.” Dr. J.D. Payne
DFW diaspora Facts 44% of DFW residents are New Americans. Over one million New Americans moved into the DFW Metroplex during the past ten years. 270+ languages are spoken in the North Texas area, with more than a quarter of these languages reflecting African cultures new to this region. A large majority of these New Americans do not know Jesus – they are the “Unreached”
DFW Panta ta ethne 10 Largest groups Arab 40,000 China 65,000 El Salvador 100,000 Ethiopia 30,000 India 100,000 Iran 40,000 Mexico 1,000,000 Pakistan 50,000 Poland 40,000 Vietnam 80,000 Source: DFW International “10/40 Window” Peoples Afghanistan 2,000 Bangladesh 8,000 Burma 2,000 Cambodia 4,250 Eritrea 3,000 Kurdistan 5,000 Laos 7,500 Nepal 11,000 Somalia 1,200 Turkey 3 ,800
Diaspora Integrative Project Explore your people group - select an Unreached People Group living in DFW and learn about their background Examine your people group - learn what you can about this UPG and where to find them in DFW Encounter your people group - visit your UPG in the field and learn more directly from them Engage your people group- complete your project with a strategy to reach your UPG.
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