Thursday, June 21, 2012

Unreached People Groups

In His Great Commission, Jesus said:
19 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, 20 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; NIV)
He also said:
14 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; NIV)
However, until now, there are unreached peoples and people who do not have the Bible in their native languages. Who are unreached people groups?
An unreached people group refers to an ethnic group without an indigenous, self propagating Christian church movement. Any ethnic or ethnolinguistic nation without enough Christians to evangelize the rest of the nation is an Unreached People Group. It is a missiological term used by Evangelical Christians... The term is sometimes applied to ethnic groups in which less than 2% of the population is Evangelical Christian. (From Wikipedia)
At Joshua Project website, there is a listing of unreached people groups: http://www.joshuaproject.net/unreached.php Does it not look impressive?

There are also still many people who do not have the Bible in their language: http://ebookbrowse.com/spanish-bibleless-peoples-language-list-countries-ok-1-doc-d136086412

There are still many people who have never heard the gospel and have never read the Bible.

The need is still great. Not every Christian is able to become a missionary or a Bible translator, but everyone is able to pray.

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