Unreached Peoples page.
Facts about the 10,000 Unreached Peoples of the world.
A People, or People group, is an ethnic group of significant size, having the same language and culture, within which the gospel can spread without any linguistic or cultural impediments.
An Unreached People is an ethnic group in which the gospel is not spreading as fast as the group is growing in members. Such a group needs more help from outside, more missionaries. Such a group needs prayer.
40% of the world's people belong to Unreached Peoples.
Only 4% of missionaries go to Unreached Peoples, while 96% go to People groups that already have many believers and many missionaries.
A very small percent of the money given in church offerings is used for getting the gospel to Unreached Peoples.
600,000,000 individuals in the world are born-again, committed believers in Jesus. This is ten percent of the world population.
Almost three times that number are "nominal Christians." They say they follow Jesus but he is not central in their hearts or lives.
Praying people who pray for the UPs come from the 600,000,000. There are few nominal Christians who will pray sincerely for the salvation of the UPs, or become missionaries.
Sincerely praying for the UPs has an enriching effect on those who pray.
God is able to get the UPs into his kingdom without our prayer. He died for us without our participation. But he has chosen to accomplish just about everything else with our involvement. He said in one the parables about our participation, "Enter into the joy of your Lord!" Or, in another version, "Come and share your Master's happiness!"
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