Last week I attended an international consultation in South
Korea. I’m not allowed to share a lot of
specifics about what happened and who I met because of security agreements. But
there are some key facts, figures and information I can share. Here are some of the highlights:
Key Information:
Despite the amazing effort of
global missions during the past two decades, of the 16,565 people groups in the
world, 7,107 are still considered to be unreached. The population of those UPGs
is 2.9 billion equaling 42% of the world population.
Key Stories:
- Of the million-plus Beja people found in Sudan, there is not a single known Christian.
- In China, 250 thousand Kyrgyz-speaking people are living along high mountain passes on the border with Kyrgyzstan with no one attempting to reach them with the Gospel.
- The Cushitic people are a dominant people group in the Horn of Africa. In the past six years, over 6000 churches have been planted among these people, 85% of which are small house churches meeting at least once a week.
- Ministry workers in Islamic Africa have been shocked to discover that the “man of peace” they seek out to be the core of a new church plant is often a Muslim Imam.
Key Networks and Resources on
Unreached People:
- PeopleGroups.org – Mobilizing interest in UPGs
- JoshuaProject.net – Statistics and data on UPGs
- CreateInternational.com – Source of online media and media training
- StoryRunners.com – Using storytelling for oral cultures
- Call2All.org – Network and resources focused on UPGs
- GCPN.info – Global Church Planting Network
- LinkingGlobalVoices.com – The network of networks
Key Book:
Miraculous Movements by Jerry
Trousdale – documenting the amazing results that are occurring around the world
with Church Planting Movements
No comments:
Post a Comment