It\nis estimated that of the 7.5 billion people alive today, 3 billion of them live\nin unreached people groups with little or no access to the Gospel, and with\nless than 10% of missionary work done within these groups. So clearly we must\nprioritize reaching the unreached in obedience to Christ\u2019s words in Matthew\n24:14, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd this\ngospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a\ntestimony to all nations, and then the end will come.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And\nyet a logical question is, \u201cWhy bother going to countries where there are\nchurches?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nanswer lies, first in the fact that it need not be an either\/or choice and,\nsecondly, in the statistics below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – There are an estimated 2-3.5 million pastoral leaders worldwide So\u2026among\nreached people groups are there churches? Yes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However,\nis the church leadership normally equipped to fulfill its God-ordained mission?\nNo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And\ntherefore, the following foundational, biblical principles are not at work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n -2 Tim. 3:16-17 \u2013 \u201cso that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.\u201d<\/em> Therefore,\nchurches in Reach People Groups need to be\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Strengthened<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After\nsome days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the\nbrethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see\nhow they are.”\u2026 41 And he was traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening\nthe churches. (Acts 15:36, 41)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Encouraged<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTychicus\nwill tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful\nminister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for\nthis very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage\nyour hearts.\u201d (Col. 4:7-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Equipped<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cfor\nthe equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building\nup of the body of Christ.\u201d (Eph. 4:12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nopportunity for short-term mission teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – The role of visiting, short-term teams is to encourage and empower local long- term ministries by joining their ongoing efforts. So\u2026missions:\nunreached or reached people groups. Answer: yes. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is estimated that of the 7.5 billion people alive today, 3 billion of them live in unreached people groups with little or no access to the Gospel, and with less than 10% of missionary work done within these groups. So clearly we must prioritize reaching the unreached in obedience to Christ\u2019s words in Matthew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missions"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unreachedpeople-600x300.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unreachedpeople-600x300.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Kent Husted","author_link":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/author\/khusted\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Only 5% of which have been trained for pastoral ministry
– So\u202695% of church leaders worldwide have no theological training, according to The Center for the Study of Global Christianity, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Titus 1:9 – “He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.”<\/em>
– 2 Tim. 2:2 – And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
– For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other\u2019s faith, both yours and mine. (Romans 1:11-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n