Begin Disciple Making
Frontier Missions Advocacy and Mobilizing
House Church - DMM Style
Missionary Training
Begin Disciple Making
Frontier Missions Advocacy and Mobilizing
House Church - DMM Style
Missionary Training
Here’s my ask, consider the facts shared below and then pray about how God would lead you to solve this problem.
Paul said it plain and clear. For people to know Jesus there needs to be messengers sent out.
As of right now in 2023 40% of the world is without access to Christ and less than 3% of all missionaries go to these people. We’re in desperate need of missionaries to be sent out to unreached people groups so that all may hear the amazing message of Jesus Christ.
There are about 3.2 billion people without access to the Gospel message.
And currently only 3% of missionaries and 1% of missions funds goes to the unreached people who have no access.
Why? I’d suggest it is decades of mission drift, but the issue is complicated. Consider that Barna recently found in a survey of the church in the USA that just 17% of churchgoers really know The Great Commission. Perhaps the first problem to solve is simply raising awareness of the command to make disciples and God’s heart for all to hear the Gospel. (I know… sounds obvious but stats show that this emphasis is quickly fading away)
The reality is staggering, but there are solutions.
Christian Population
High Gospel Access
Non Christian Population
Little - No Gospel Access
Missionaries on Field
Where our missionaries are currently located.
Jesus cares deeply about this and here are just two related messages from him:
There’s simply not enough workers in unreached locations to create a self-sustaining indigenous church planting movement.
I.e. no missionaries, means no evangelism, no disciples, no groups of believers large enough to reach their own people group.
Paul said it like this,
How does God feel about this reality and trend?
If you are reading this, then please take a moment to pray, ask him, and listen.
This is our call to go and send, and it is mission-critical.
The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.
-Carl F.H. Henry