Ministry Vision

Our ministry name, Reaching Unreached People, is a very concise statement of the vision we have for the work God has called us to do. Our vision is to reach the remaining unreached people groups in the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ primarily through partnerships with indigenous missionaries. In pursuit of this vision we have identified some clearly defined and measurable objectives:

• Raising awareness of unreached people groups (UPGs) and persecuted Christians around the world.
• Funding indigenous missionaries who are working among UPGs.
• Facilitating church planting among UPGs through discipleship & training of indigenous missionaries.
• Funding Bible translation.
• Providing funds for the printing of Bibles & Gospel tracts.
• Funding and supporting persecuted Christians.

Current Progress of World Evangelization & Why Another Mission Organization is Needed

Almost 2000 years ago Jesus commanded us to "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.", yet sadly we are still a very long way from reaching that goal. Of the approximately 16,700 people groups in the world, a staggering 6,900 of them are still considered unreached or least reached. That means that 41.4% of all the people groups and amazingly 41.4% of the population (2.83 billion) of the world is still unreached with the Gospel.

According to the World Evangelization Research Center:

• 99.9% of Christian resources are spent in countries that are already over 60% Christian.
• 0.09% is spent in countries where over half the people are evangelized, but less than 60% are Christian.
• Only 0.01% is spent in countries where less than half the people have heard the Gospel.
• Result: Only $1 out of every $10,000 spent on ministry goes to reach those in countries where most of the people have never heard the Gospel.

Although there are many reasons why more of our resources are not being utilized to reach this huge segment of the population, I think three main reasons are the predominate ones:

1. The majority of the remaining unreached people in the world live in countries that are closed to traditional Western missionaries.
2. Dangerous living conditions limit the number of Christians who are willing to even attempt to gain access to these countries.
3. The majority of the unreached people are tribal people, thus living in very primitive conditions that also limit the number of Christians who are willing to attempt to gain access.

We have to face the fact that not only are we not getting closer to finishing the task of preaching the Gospel to every creature, but in fact with each passing day, we are getting farther away from that goal. Dr. Greg Livingstone, internationally recognized missiologist, author, and founder of Frontiers, said concerning the evangelization of one S.E. Asian country, "Unless something changes, they [the indigenous people] will live and die beyond the reach of the Gospel."

In response to this statement we must ask the question: What is changing/What has changed? The answer is almost nothing or at least not anything positive. Very few missionaries are going to S.E. Asian countries and reaching out to the indigenous people. In one S.E. Asian country most Christians are against the indigenous people being evangelized and instead of moving away from that position, they are becoming even more entrenched into that view. In fact, the Chairman of the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship of that country recently wrote, "No non-Muslim would be one ounce less happy if all Muslims remain Muslim."

We must stop to reexamine the traditional mission paradigm that we have been following in our churches. We must stop focusing on the question "How are we going to evangelize the world?" and start focusing on the question "How are they going to hear the Gospel?"

I believe that now and into the future the primary answer to that question is through our support of indigenous missionaries. Why indigenous missionaries?

• Few or no cultural or political barriers to overcome:
  • They already speak the language or a similar dialect.
  • They already know the culture and fit into it.
  • They come from similar backgrounds.
  • They are not seen as representing or promoting a "foreign" religion or nation.
  • They do not need a visa or can easily obtain one.
  • They can do the work at a fraction of the cost of a Western missionary.

Ministry Vision

Our ministry name, Reaching Unreached People, is a very concise statement of the vision we have for the work God has called us to do. Our vision is to reach the remaining unreached people groups in the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ primarily through partnerships with indigenous missionaries. In pursuit of this vision we have identified some clearly defined and measurable objectives:

• Raising awareness of unreached people groups (UPGs) and persecuted Christians around the world.
• Funding indigenous missionaries who are working among UPGs.
• Facilitating church planting among UPGs through discipleship & training of indigenous missionaries.
• Funding Bible translation.
• Providing funds for the printing of Bibles & Gospel tracts.
• Funding and supporting persecuted Christians.

Current Progress of World Evangelization & Why Another Mission Organization is Needed

Almost 2000 years ago Jesus commanded us to "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.", yet sadly we are still a very long way from reaching that goal. Of the approximately 16,700 people groups in the world, a staggering 6,900 of them are still considered unreached or least reached. That means that 41.4% of all the people groups and amazingly 41.4% of the population (2.83 billion) of the world is still unreached with the Gospel.

According to the World Evangelization Research Center:

• 99.9% of Christian resources are spent in countries that are already over 60% Christian.
• 0.09% is spent in countries where over half the people are evangelized, but less than 60% are Christian.
• Only 0.01% is spent in countries where less than half the people have heard the Gospel.
• Result: Only $1 out of every $10,000 spent on ministry goes to reach those in countries where most of the people have never heard the Gospel.

Although there are many reasons why more of our resources are not being utilized to reach this huge segment of the population, I think three main reasons are the predominate ones:

1. The majority of the remaining unreached people in the world live in countries that are closed to traditional Western missionaries.
2. Dangerous living conditions limit the number of Christians who are willing to even attempt to gain access to these countries.
3. The majority of the unreached people are tribal people, thus living in very primitive conditions that also limit the number of Christians who are willing to attempt to gain access.

We have to face the fact that not only are we not getting closer to finishing the task of preaching the Gospel to every creature, but in fact with each passing day, we are getting farther away from that goal. Dr. Greg Livingstone, internationally recognized missiologist, author, and founder of Frontiers, said concerning the evangelization of one S.E. Asian country, "Unless something changes, they [the indigenous people] will live and die beyond the reach of the Gospel."

In response to this statement we must ask the question: What is changing/What has changed? The answer is almost nothing or at least not anything positive. Very few missionaries are going to S.E. Asian countries and reaching out to the indigenous people. In one S.E. Asian country most Christians are against the indigenous people being evangelized and instead of moving away from that position, they are becoming even more entrenched into that view. In fact, the Chairman of the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship of that country recently wrote, "No non-Muslim would be one ounce less happy if all Muslims remain Muslim."

We must stop to reexamine the traditional mission paradigm that we have been following in our churches. We must stop focusing on the question "How are we going to evangelize the world?" and start focusing on the question "How are they going to hear the Gospel?"

I believe that now and into the future the primary answer to that question is through our support of indigenous missionaries. Why indigenous missionaries?

• Few or no cultural or political barriers to overcome:
  • They already speak the language or a similar dialect.
  • They already know the culture and fit into it.
  • They come from similar backgrounds.
  • They are not seen as representing or promoting a "foreign" religion or nation.
  • They do not need a visa or can easily obtain one.
  • They can do the work at a fraction of the cost of a Western missionary.