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Focusing Mobilization Efforts Toward Serving the Unengaged and Unreached

Focusing Mobilization Efforts Toward Serving the Unengaged and Unreached

Rethinking Mobilization Strategies God Himself was the first missionary…Genesis 3:9 Disobedience led to God’s “Divide and Conquer” strategy Genesis 11:1-4 The Great Commission Part 1 Genesis 12:1-3 God’s promise to bless Abraham in Genesis 12 included His instruction that Abraham would be a blessing to all the nations…

Abraham [and we] are blessed to be a blessing. The Register of the Peoples — Psalm 87:4-6 God has a list of every distinct group of people on earth. He keeps it because He promised Abraham every one would be reached. “The Upper Room Seminar” — Luke 24:45-48 The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost. His plan was for all nations to be reached. He blesses us for us to bless the nations.

“As the Father hath sent Me, so send I you.” “The Finale” — Revelation 5:9-10 The Redeemed from Every Tongue, Tribe and Nation Worshiping… As we abide in His Presence, we are changed from glory to glory. We know His heart more and more; His love compels us to reach out to others. A Father & Mother are aware when even one is missing…

[in this case, we’re missing 2 sons, and 5 grandchildren] ● Prayer brings us into God’s presence, which changes us. o Prayer reveals God’s plans so we can cooperate with Him in them.  Prayer invites God’s participation and presence in the process. ● Prayer obeys Jesus to ask the Lord of the Harvest to send workers (Luke 10:2). o Prayer releases spiritual power to fulfill the call.  Prayer exercises divine authority to change situations and people. ● Prayer removes hindrances to the gospel. o Prayer prepares the hearts of unbelievers to hear the good news.  Prayer releases resources necessary to accomplish the task. ● Prayer insures protection for workers and their work. o Prayer IS the battle!  Prayer maintains the victory. Jesus: I am here speaking with all the authority of God, who has commanded Me to give you this commission: 19 Go out and make disciples in all the nations. Ceremonially wash them through baptism in the name of the triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 20 Then disciple them. Form them in the practices and postures that I have taught you, and show them how to follow the commands I have laid down for you. And I will be with you, day after day, to the end of the age. Matthew 18:18-20 [the Voice]

Ethnê is the Greek word Jesus used for “nation” a word which means tribe, ethnic group or people. Today, 2,000 years since Jesus came, globally, there remain more than 7,000 people groups with little access to the good news of Jesus Christ! Global Peoples Summary from Joshua Project Total People Groups: 16,729 Unreached People Groups: 7,036 % People Groups Unreached: 42.1 %

World Population: 7.25 Billion Popl in Unreached Groups: 3.00 Billion

% Population in Unreached: 41.3 % What does the term “unreached” mean? This simply means they are a people group lacking an indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize their own people group

without outside assistance.

What does the term “unengaged” mean? This simply means they are a people group that, as far as we can tell at this point, have no one actively working among them with a strategy to see reproducing fellowships developed. Imagine you lived in Siberia… There are only 1 in 4,000 of your people who know Jesus Christ.

Likely you live in a village where there are no churches and no believers at all. You have probably never once heard the name ‘Jesus”.

You believe in the White Father, but you are afraid of the spirits that live in nature. To appease them, you offer them gifts of vodka, cigarettes, or money. You wonder what life is really all about. But, unless someone comes to tell you, you will likely never know that Jesus is God’s Son that was sent to give His life so that you would have life and that more abundantly. Over 40 such shamanistic people groups live in Siberia. Most have no believers and no one to tell them about Jesus Christ. And these are only a few of the groups we call Unengaged and Unreached. So many faces needing Jesus! You may ask, “Why are they still without the gospel?” Many people groups are separated by geographic barriers… Other groups are separated from the gospel by linguistic barriers… Some of the barriers to the gospel are political… For other groups, culture or religion creates some of the barriers to the gospel… Sometimes, however, the unreached people group may live near believers who do not recognize their need to hear… Over 200 unreached people groups live in Europe and over 200 live in the Americas/Caribbean… The Ethnê movement is a network of networks “Peoples joining to glorify God among all peoples… ethnê to ethnê…this generation!” The Ethnê movement functions together within 7 working groups… ● Harvest-Linked Prayer Strategies ● Holistic Gospel Movements ● Frontier Crisis Response ● Information Strategies ● Training & Mobilization ● Youth & Younger Leaders ● Ethno-Arts The Ethnê prayer workgroup initiated a cyclical prayer initiative in 2006 focused on global level prayer linked with strategic field outreach, region by region & month by month. ● 26 geopolitical nations

● 780 unreached people groups

● over 300 million people unreached

● Java Pesis Lor, Sunda and Burmese are 100 million alone ● 8 geopolitical nations

● 527 unreached people groups

● over 350 million people unreached

● Japanese, Xiang Han Chinese and Hakka Han Chinese are 200 million ● 8 geopolitical nations

● 287 unreached people groups

● nearly 60 million people unreached

● Sikh Jat, Sinhalese, and Lingayat are 30 million alone ● 8 geopolitical nations

● 2,031 unreached people groups

● over 1 billion people unreached

● Brahman, Yadav and Chamar are 160 million alone ● 8 geopolitical nations

● 553 unreached people groups

● over 300 million people unreached

● Shaikh are over 200 million alone ● 11 geopolitical nations

● 825 unreached people groups

● over 400 million people unreached

● Persian, Muslim Jat and Turk are over 100 million ● 20 geopolitical nations

● 403 unreached people groups

● over 200 million people unreached

● Algerian, Moroccan, Iraqi, Saudi, Yemini and Tunisian Arabs together are over 100 million ● 21 geopolitical nations

● 336 unreached people groups

● over 70 million people unreached

● Somali groups are over 15 million ● 23 geopolitical nations

● 519 unreached people groups

● over 145 million people unreached

● Hausa groups number 40 million and Fulani groups another 20 million ● 20 geopolitical nations

● 274 unreached people groups

● over 20 million people unreached

● Tatar, Bosniak, Chechen and Gheg Albanian are over 10 million ● 20 geopolitical nations

● 269 unreached people groups

● over 20 million people unreached

● South Asians, Turk, Algerian Arabs and Arabs are nearly 10 million ● 42 geopolitical nations

● 232 unreached people groups

● nearly 13 million people unreached

● English-speaking Jews are nearly 5 million with Punjabi and Japanese nearly 1 million each “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son…” Jesus loved us so much that He willingly laid down His life… But 2,000 years later, so many still have never heard this Good News! We are actually losing ground– the unreached world is growing rather than shrinking. Is there anything we could do about this? One can put 1,000 to flight, but 2 can put 10,000 to flight… What if the Body of Christ all joined hands with God and each other not to build our own kingdoms, but His Kingdom? What if, instead of focusing on 1 unreached group at a time, we focused on catalyzing movements to Christ in families of 50 or more unreached groups at the same time so that resultant movements could cascade throughout that family?

• Extraordinary prayer [John 15:5]
• Authority of scripture [Hebrews 4:12]
• Abundant gospel sowing [2 Cor. 9:6]
• Intentional gathering [Matthew 18:20]
• Every member a minister [Ephesians 4:11-12]
• Bivocational lay leaders [Deuteronomy 8:18]
• Small groups [Acts 2:42]
• Churches planting churches [Matthew 28:18-20] 12 KEYS
• Rapid reproduction–urgency [Mark 5:19] TO
• Simple church [Acts 2:42] FRUITFULNESS
• Enduring suffering [Hebrews 12:1-3]
• Signs & wonders follow the Word [Mark 16:20]

“God so loved the world He gave His only Son…that whosoever believes might live” Jesus died to purchase our redemption. He left carrying the message to us. What will you do so those who do not yet know may receive His precious gift? What part of His vineyard has He assigned to you? Further questions? Email Or visit http://www.ethne.net

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