Unreached People Groups and Practical Participation in the Great Commission

1. Unreached People Groups and Practical Participation in the Great Commission

2. Questions • If you have questions you would like to address (beyond class material), please write them down • “Well done, good and faithful servant.” • How often do you pray regarding the Great Commission? • How often do you consider your role in the Great Commission?

3. Why are UPG important? Ethne And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14 And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Revelation 5:9 After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. Revelation 7:9 as you look forward to the day of the God and speed its coming. 2 Peter 3:12

4. Unreached People Group • Definition: • People group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this people group. • Less than 2% Evangelical Christian • Less than 5% Christian Adherents

5. Unreached People Groups 9,515 Billion Reached 56.6% Reached 4.23 Billion in Reached 59.3% in Reached From: Joshua Project

6. Where?

7. Christians and the Unevangelized 1 dot = 50,000 adherents. Blue dots represent Christians.Red dots represent unevangelized. From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

8. 10/40 Window

9. David Barrett on Good Missions Stewardship “Dollar for dollar and hour for hour, the harvest coming from the 10/40 Window nations outstrips that from the rest of the world 100 to 1,” Barrett says. “That is, if the same money and time spent to win one person to the Lord in the West were put to use in the 10/40 Window nations, the effort would yield a harvest of 100 souls added to the kingdom of God. It is 100 times more cost effective, therefore, to reach those in the 10/40 Window. But for a sizable number of ethnolinguistic groups, cost-effectiveness reaches 1000 times more than in Western countries.” World Christian Encyclopedia

10. 16 Affinity Blocs People in a particular region generally with similar cultural roots From: Joshua Project

12. Major World Religions 6.6% 1.4% 9.1% 31.4% 31.4% 22.6% 15.1% 13.7% 13.7% 9.1% 6.6% 1.4% 0.1% 22.6% 15.1% Data Source: Joshua Project

13. Real Life • War • Do warring parties all stay in conquered territories or do most advance to take more enemy ground? • Hospital • Are many hospitals built in only a few cities or is it important to build hospitals near most cities? • School • Are only a few schools built in large cities or is it necessary to build schools in all towns? • Drowning on Beach vs. Mid-Atlantic Storm • Is it more likely a struggling swimmer will be saved at a public beach on the 4’th of July at noon or someone who jumps overboard in a terrible storm in the middle of the Atlantic at midnight?

14. How Should Missionaries Be Distributed? Maybe 82% to 87%? Maybe 11% to 16%? (based on 2x to 3x Nominal) Maybe 2%? Data From: Joshua Project

15. Typical Distribution (8 to 12 Years Ago) World Population Foreign Missionaries From: Operation World, State of the Gospel, YLG 2006, Malaysia

16. Cross-cultural Missionaries per Million From: Todd M. Johnson & Mission Frontiers Magazine, June 2000; Stan Park, Ethne ’06

17. Missionary Distribution

18. Great Imbalance . From: Finishing the Task, The Unreached Peoples Challenge, Winter & Koch (2008 Figs.)

19. Actual Distribution 9.6% NOT 43.4% or 72% or 82% or 87% NOT 56.7% or 28% or 18% or 13% 90.4% Data From: Joshua Project

20. These are real people These are not just numbers “Did You Know?” video

22. Why Are the Unreached Handicapped? Few Ways to Hear the Gospel • Very few Christians to share • Nobody praying for them (by name) • No Bible or New Testament • No Jesus video/movie • Very few missionaries • Very few churches • Little or no Christian literature • No tracts in their language • No Christian radio • No Christian TV • Little Christian internet in their language • No Christian book store • No Bible in their hotels • Very different worldview • Contrary false religion • Contrary cultural lies • Deception • No open air preaching • No door-to-door evangelism • No stadium crusades

23. What’s the Answer? How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” Romans 10:14, 15a Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Matthew 9:38 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19, 20

24. Practical Involvement • Pray daily (Joshua Project Unreached of the Day) - http://www.joshuaproject.net/unreached-prayer.php • Pray with Global Prayer Digest - http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/ • Pray with Joshua Project prayer cards and prayer calendars • Pray with Operation World or Every Home for Christ world map • International student outreach • Meal in a home • Global Connections (international friendship); can select prioritized countries • Sending, praying for & corresponding with missionaries

25. Practical Involvement • Vision casting and mobilization • Missions committee • Strategic giving (avoiding unhealthy dependency) • http://www.multilanguage.com/- can buy “Injil” (Gospel) about Jesus the Messiah, or (parallel) New Testament, or Bible in languages of the world • Friday evening international student meetings (Pasquerilla Spiritual Center), meals, Bible study, English speaking • Pray for past and present international students by name • Put a world map on a wall in your house / apartment • Libya example

26. Muslim Outreach Training • “Helping You Reach Out to Penn State’s Middle Eastern Students” • Saturday, October 19 • Calvary Baptist Church • 9 AM - 3 PM (lunch provided) • Love offering • Middle Eastern convert is speaking • Also, “Bridges” class with Julie McElfish and another

27. Missionary Preparation • ***Perspectives class - starting Tues. Jan. 14 • “Vision for the Nations” (VCR) video series • Reading / learning, research • **“Mission Frontiers” journal (6 editions per year) • Many excellent books • Short-term trip (Global Awakening) • International student outreach (previous slide) • Seek the Lord • Live like Jesus and do what He did, including healing the sick, casting out demons, and raising the dead • Language (and culture) study • Keith Green’s final message, Why YOU Should Go to the Mission Field

28. Perspectives Class Starting January, 2014 https://class.perspectives.org/Visitor/Public.aspx?ClassId=421890

29. Books • Bruchko • Peace Child • Christian Heroes series • Heroes of the Faith series • Operation World • God’s Generals • The Essential Guide to Healing • Eternity in their Hearts • www.ywampublishing.com • missionbooks.org

30. YWAM Prayer Diary / Planner

31. Books http://joshuaproject.net/great-commission-books.php

32. Great Commission Learning • Global Purpose (short) video • The Indigenous Church (Mel Hodges, AoG) • We Are Not the Hero: A Missionary's Guide to Sharing Christ, Not a Culture of Dependency (Jean Johnson, former AGWM missionary ) • When Charity Destroys Dignity: Overcoming Unhealthy Dependency in the Christian Movement (Glenn Schwartz) • Roots & Remedies: Of the Dependency Syndrome in World Missions (Robert Reese) • Mission Frontiers (journal, once every two months)

33. Great Commission Web Sites • *** http://www.963missions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/what_is_apostolic_passion.pdf • JoshuaProject.net • http://joshuaproject.net/download.php • MissionFrontiers.org • uscwm.org • www.personal.psu.edu/jxp10/missions

34. Invest in Eternity • It can be easy to get distracted and focus on the eternally irrelevant “American dream” (aka rat race) • Will we dare to live by faith, step out and make a difference? • Will we forsake the status quo and live sold out to Jesus? • Are we willing to lay down our lives for those Jesus loves? • Will we obey / follow His leading?

35. Keys • Seek the Lord • Wholehearteldy love Jesus and love people • Humbly learn • Face fears; exit your comfort zone • Seek wholeness • Live by faith, take risks (with Holy Spirit) • Knowing the Lord’s voice (practice!) • Live like Jesus, love like Jesus, do what Jesus did, and do greater works

36. More Keys • Look for people living like Jesus, doing what He did and spend time with them and learn from them • Attend conferences (Harrisburg Life Center; Global Awakening) • Bethel or Global School of Supernatural Ministry • Spend significant time with Jesus • Embrace humility • Expect miracles • Heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead!

37. Personal Spiritual Growth • http://gssm.globalawakening.com/student-life/reading-lists • www.ElijahList.com/words/indexT.html • http://www.morningstarministries.org/resources/publications/rick-joyner-word-week • http://www.morningstarministries.org/resources/publications/prophetic-bulletins • http://store.ibethel.org/Books-Bill--Beni-Johnson/c254_258/index.html (Bill Johnson books) • http://bjm.org/ (Bill Johnson) • www.ibethel.org (free sermon of the week) • http://www.xpmedia.com/ • http://www.frangipane.org/ • www.GlobalAwakening.com/Ministry-Trips

38. Handout • Status of World Evangelization