THE CHALLENGE OF

“FINISHING THE TASK”

Who Isn’t Being Reached?

CALL2ALL CONGRESS

To Find Out Where the Church is NOT

And

Decide What We Are Going to do About It

THE CALL2ALL OBJECTIVE

THE BIBLICAL PROMISES

The Gospel Will be Preached Everywhere

“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the

nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14

All Peoples Will Hear

“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could

count; from every nation, tribe, people and language…”

Revelation 7:9

THE DEFINITIONS

1974

People-Group Thinking Introduced by Ralph Winter

Recent Refinements Now Center on

UNENGAGED,

Unreached

People Groups

What are UNENGAGED Groups?

Answer: Groups without Access to the Gospel

Characteristics: No Scripture No Missionary No Church No Known Believers

THE PROGRESS IN REACHING GROUPS SINCE 1974

12,000 Ethnolinguistic Groups - 6,000 “Reached” – 2% Believers 6,000 -3,000 Church Planting Currently

Underway 3,000 Unengaged Groups STILL

UNREACHED

How much longer will we wait?How much longer will we wait?

NETWORK UPDATE

In the last 6 years…

981 Groups Involved

236 Groups have already sent workers

7,545 Full-time workers sent

764 Different unreached groups engaged

15,088 New churches planted

798,507 Believers reported

THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

Million People in Groups Without Access to the Gospel

2,415

Groups less than 40,000 = 23 mi

+ 538 Groups over 40,000 =231

mi

2,953 UUPGs =

254 mimi

254

Why Haven’t These Groups Been Reached?

They are in the most remote, difficult places

Heavy opposition from non-Christian radicals

Why Haven’t These Groups Been Reached?

Mission boards have no more people to send

Nobody willing to try

Why Haven’t These Groups Been Reached?

No awareness Fear of failure Assumption that

someone else will do it someone else will do it

SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?

A NEW PERSPECTIVE

#1 -- We Need to Repent

#2 – We Need a New Vision With Eyes of Faith

“Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.”

Hebrews 11:1

“Without faith, it is impossible to please God.”

Hebrews 11:6

We usually say,“I’ve got to see it to believe it.”

We need to say,“I’ve got to believe it to see it.”

Moses would never have led the children out of Egypt if he had

had to solve the problem of the Red

Sea first.

#3 -- We Need God’s Solution

It is our job to make the decision.

It is God’s job to solve the problem.

#4 – Don’t limit your vision to what you can humanly accomplish

#5 -- We Need to Anticipate Opposition

A LOOK AT THE LIST

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The Column Explanation and Resources Available

A LOOK AT THE LIST

FTT #

COUNTRY

PEOPLEPOPULATI

ONLANGUAGE

RELIGION WS OS J R G C B

WN

WC

5 AlgeriaBedouin, Chamba

114,130(tzm)

Tamazight, Central Atlas

Islam Y N Y Y Y N Y 2 0

The Colors Showing Progress

The Totals

As of 13 Aug 2012 Color Denotes Progress in Evangelism and Church Planting

125 White Remaining to be Engaged

337 Blue Adopted but no Engagement; Full-time workers still needed

76 Green Workers engaging group from international churches, missionaries, or near neighbor believers

The Research

No research is perfect

There may be errors

Submit your corrections on the update form

A LOOK AT THE LIST

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

A. What’s the difference between unengaged and unreached groups?

B. Why haven’t these groups been reached?

C. How can you influence your church or organization to help with one or more of these groups?

RESPONSES FROM THE FLOOR

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NEXT STEPS

A. Attend the FTT Workshop

B. Review Your Commitment Card

B. Consider Your Response

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