GLOBAL 2020 UPDATE · millions of places with No Body of Christ. This means that billions of people will go into eternity separated from Jesus forever—unless the global church rises

GLOBAL 2020 UPDATE

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FINISHING THE TASK: BIBLES, BELIEVERS AND BODIES OF CHRIST FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE

These were some of Jesus’ last words on earth. We know this Great Commission is a call given to every follower of Jesus, not just for a chosen few. It’s a call for all believers, in every church and every country, for all generations.

Jesus’ command to reach the lost is as urgent today as it was for the first century Christians. Today, we’re living in exciting times with unprecedented opportunities. For the first time in history, because of modern developments, it is now possible to see every nation, tribe, people, and language reached with the good news of Jesus. However, there are challenges and barriers we can only overcome by working together with a spirit of self-sacrifice.

Even today, 2000 years after the resurrection, there are still hundreds of people groups with No Believers, thousands of languages with No Bible in their language, and millions of places with No Body of Christ. This means that billions of people will go into eternity separated from Jesus forever—unless the global church rises up to take a firm hold of the mandate we were given 2,000 years ago.

We are living in a time in which communication, translation, and transportation can reach the most isolated and overlooked people on the earth-people who have never heard the Good News of Christ. Now is the moment to come together, collaborating and innovating for such a time as this. To this end, the Bible, Believer and Bodies of Christ initiatives are collaborative arms of the same mission, working hand-in-hand with local leaders and their communities to catalyze transformation through the Gospel message.

Finishing The Task unites and mobilizes the global body of Christ to courageously take up the mantle of catalyzing, multiplying and supporting church planting movements in every unreached people group and place, until everyone, everywhere has access to a Bible, believers and a Body of Christ.

“Go and make disciples of all nations.”

FINISHING THE TASK UNTIL CHRIST’S RETURN: TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THE GREAT COMMISSION

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THE PRIORITY OF PRAYER IN FINISHING THE TASK

“Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”1 Chronicles 16:11

Prayer is the foundation of all that we do as we seek God’s wisdom in order to carry out His plans. Finishing The Task is committed to fostering unity in prayer, focusing specifically on Christian organizations partnering with the Church in obedience to the Great Commandment and towards the completion of the Great Commission. To this end, FTT will be establishing a prayer initiative that unites our partners in prayer for the Great Commission.

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BIBLE: COMPREHENSIVE BIBLE TRANSLATION IN THE LANGUAGES OF UNENGAGED, UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS

In order to make the Bible accessible to every person on earth, Finishing The Task is committed to speeding up the work of Bible translation. While this has traditionally meant the work of translating the full Bible into the written languages of the Unengaged, Unreached People Groups (UUPGs), this work now also includes making the entire Bible accessible to oral communicators and to the community of the Deaf People Groups—those who access the Bible in their “heart language” of signing.

Worldwide, less than 2% of all Deaf peoples know Jesus, making the Deaf community the largest unreached people group in the world. In December 2019, the FTT Deaf Coalition was established to raise awareness about the Deaf community and their unique Bible needs. With the establishment of the Deaf Coalition in addition to FTT’s continued focus on the broader oral culture groups, FTT is committed to developing a focused strategy to make the full Bible available to these people groups as part of the goal to provide a Bible for everyone, everywhere.

Worldwide, less than 2% of all Deaf know Jesus, making them the largest unreached people group in the world.

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• 4,589 reports of active teams trained in CPM and seeking to start movements which includes:

• 1,606 CPM efforts awaiting fruit

• 1,322 efforts of which many are yielding 2nd and 3rd generation churches

• 1,376 Church Planting Movements

• 76.9 MILLION believers in all CPM engagements

• 4.8 MILLION known churches in all CPM engagements

• 56K believers per CPM (average)

• 16 average believers per church, per CPM (average)

BELIEVERS AND BODY OF CHRIST: PARTNERING WITH CHURCH PLANTING MOVEMENTS

Finishing The Task has been in collaborative conversation with Church Planting Movement leaders to envision together the next strategic finishing line of the Great Commission. A Church Planting Movement (CPM) is defined as the multiplication of disciples making disciples and leaders developing leaders, which results in indigenous churches planting churches. These churches then spread quickly through a people group or population segment and the new disciples and churches begin to transform their communities as the new body of Christ lives out Kingdom values. When churches reproduce consistently to four generations in multiple streams, this is defined as a sustaining movement.

WHAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH HIS BODY AROUND THE WORLD *These movements exist across every continent and worldview, in both rural and urban areas.

While not part of the formal definition of “movement,” most of these church planting movements have at least 100 churches with 1500+ baptized disciples within 4–5 years of the initial church plant.

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OUR VISIONChurch planting movement engagements in every people & place by December 31, 2025. 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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BASED ON 15% MOVEMENTS

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LOOKING FORWARD—FTT STRATEGY

1. Speed up the task of Bible Translation;

2. Use every available channel and means to spread the Gospel;

3. Plant all kinds of churches to reach all kinds of people;

4. Mobilize all kinds of people to plant all kinds of churches;

5. Unite around the Great Commandment and the Great Commission;

6. Empower every believer to be an ambassador for Christ;

7. Organize and mobilize people to pray for the Great Commission.

AS THE WORLD GETS DARKER, THE CHURCH SHINES BRIGHTER

The work of reaching the unreached has not stopped in the midst of the challenges brought by COVID-19. In fact, in some areas, it has presented an opportunity to reach out and meet felt needs in a way that opens the door to the Gospel.

For example, Kumar, working with e3 Partners, reports remarkable outreach during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. He and his team have fed over 74,000 men, women and children in 3200 villages and 5 large cities. They have seen 18,790 people profess faith in Christ and have started several new house churches during the pandemic.

In addition, after searching for two years for a Mathukaran UUPG (the cow people), they found them during their feeding campaign. They fed and shared the gospel with approximately 250 Mathukaran people and 64 responded positively to the Gospel. We are praising God as these are the first ever known believers among the Mathukaran people!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

OCTOBER 13–15, 2020

THE 2020 GLOBAL ASSEMBLY OF PASTORS FOR FINISHING- THE-TASK (GAP4FTT)INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA

The GAP4FTT Conference is being organized by the GAP4FTT Korea Steering Team. FTT, along with our CPM partners, has come alongside GAP leaders to provide logistical support for the International Track, in addition to training towards understanding and equipping towards engagement.

The GAP4FTT Conference in South Korea will have three parts:

Onsite Conference at Incheon, South Korea The onsite conference will gather 500 local Korean Pastors (Korean-speaking Track) from Tuesday, October 13 to Thursday, October 15, 2020.

Other Conference Locations In order to bring GAP4FTT teaching and resources to those who are affected by the current limitations of international travel, regional conference locations will also be established in select locations through the Korean missionary network. Conference hosts and facilitators will be encouraged to gather local pastors and community leaders for a focused time of training and networking.

The International Program/English Track will be made available online for global access.

Digital Online Library The GAP4FTT Conference Resources, including all plenaries and workshops in the various languages, will be made available online.

JANUARY 2021

JANUARY 2021 FTT GLOBAL SUMMITONLINE GLOBAL SUMMIT

The January 2021 FTT Global Summit will be an opportunity for believers throughout the world to come together on a truly global platform to hear from Pastor Rick Warren about the urgency of reaching UUPGs with the Gospel. In addition, church planting movement leaders, practitioners and field workers will be facilitating workshops to inform, equip and inspire the global Church to get involved with the Great Commission work of getting a Bible, Believer and Body of Christ to everyone, everywhere.

Plenaries and workshops will be offered in the major languages of the world, including ASL.

FTT, FTT Partners and CPM leaders are collaborating to establish and support regional, national and local leaders in their effort to reach the unreached in their respective areas by planting churches that will result in sustaining movements leading to Gospel saturation and transformed communities.

The January 2021 FTT Global Summit will provide an opportunity for these leaders to share their stories from the field, network together and further strategize for the work ahead.

The January 2021 FTT Global Summit is a call for all believers to unite around the Great Commandment and the Great Commission in these challenging times, mobilizing the global Church to pick up and carry the mantle of reaching the unreached.

Together, we can and we must do our part in finishing the task.

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FINISHING THE TASK PARTNER TESTIMONIES

FEEDING THE STOMACH AND THE SOUL

Kumar, working with e3 Partners, reports remarkable outreach during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. He and his team have fed over 74,000 men, women and children in 3200 villages and 5 large cities. They have seen 18,790 people profess faith in Christ and have started several new house churches during the pandemic.

In addition, after searching for two years for a Mathukaran UUPG (the cow people), they found them during their feeding campaign. They fed and shared the gospel with approximately 250 Mathukaran people and 64 responded positively to the Gospel. We are praising God as these are the first ever known believers among the Mathukaran people.

—STORY SHARED WITH FTT BY E3 PARTNERS

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HERO OF THE FAITH

The joyful 80-year-old pictured below is Dr. Khamphone Khuntapanya, the leader of the Lao Evangelical Church—an amazing hero of our Faith. In the 1980s, Dr. K was imprisoned by the Communist government of Laos for 7 hard years—sentenced to “reeducation” because of his Christian faith. When he was released, the LEC had dwindled to just 10,000 members with churches in only 7 of Laos’

17 provinces. It was a bleak time, but Dr. K persevered, trusting God for great things in his country.

Today, the LEC has more than 200,000 members and churches in every province. What’s more, the denomination is at the center of the effort to take the gospel to the over 100 “unengaged” people groups of Laos—the isolated minority groups who have never once heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. Under Dr. K’s leadership, hundreds of Lao believers are being trained in evangelism and church planting through partnerships with Team Expansion, e3 Partners and the Finishing Fund. They are beginning to reach out to those in their country to whom no one has ever gone. As a result, in just the last year over 50 unengaged groups have now been exposed to the gospel, and there are now believers and house churches in most of them. God’s Spirit is on the move in Laos!

—STORY SHARED WITH FTT BY TEAM EXPANSION, E3 PARTNERS, AND FINISHING FUND

Today, the LEC has more than 200,000 members and churches in every province.


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HOW GOD IS MOVING TOWARD NO PLACE LEFT IN HAITI BY JEPHTE MARCELIN

I am one of the servants in No Place Left Haiti. Our vision to faithfully obey Jesus by making disciples who make disciples, planting churches that plant churches, and mobilizing missionaries to the nations until there’s no place left. We do this by entering empty fields, sharing the gospel with anyone who will listen, discipling those who respond, forming them into new churches and raising up leaders from within them to repeat the process. This is happening in every different location in Haiti. As these churches gather in homes, under trees, and everywhere, we are seeing new

leaders and teams being raised up from the harvest.

A great example of this is Joshua Jorge, one of our team leaders. He is laboring for no place left in Ganthier, an area located in Southeast Haiti. Recently, he sent out two of his Timothies, Wiskensley and Renaldo, to an area called Anse-à-Pitres. Following the example of Luke 10, they went with no extra provisions and searched for a house of peace. They arrived and immediately began sharing the gospel house-to-house, asking the Lord to lead them to God-prepared


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people. After a few hours, they met a man in the street named Calixte. As they shared with him about the hope found only in Jesus, he received the gospel and gave his life to Jesus.

Wiskensley and Renaldo asked Calixte where he lived and he led them to his home. They entered the house, shared Jesus with his entire family and they all chose to follow Jesus that day. These two ambassadors spent the next four days with this family, training them and taking them out into the harvest to share with their neighbors. During those four days, 73 people turned and believed in Jesus, 50 of them were baptized and they formed a new church in Calixte’s home. Wiskensley and Renaldo continued to return to train a few emerging leaders in simple, biblical, reproducible tools. Within just a few weeks, this new church had already multiplied into two other churches! Praise Jesus!

My people have been physically and spiritually oppressed for generations. Haiti tells people, “You cannot follow

Jesus until your life is clean.” They say, “Do not read the Bible because you will not understand it.” Jesus says, “Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” Now we are listening to Jesus. Haitians are finding freedom in the Gospel of Grace. As we follow Jesus’ Kingdom strategy given to us in the Gospels and in the book of Acts, being faithful to obey all of His commands, the Lord of the harvest is doing a great work. We are truly experiencing a movement of the Spirit of God. Thousands of Haitians are accepting their identity as ambassadors for Christ and thousands of new Jesus gatherings are being formed. We are not seeking to build our own kingdom, but giving away God’s Kingdom. And He is multiplying it!

We began implementing movement principles in February 2016. We are now tracking seven streams of 4th generation churches (and more) representing more than 3,000 new churches and 20,000 baptisms.

—STORY SHARED WITH FTT BY 24:14

My people have been physically and spiritually oppressed for generations. Haiti tells people, “You cannot follow Jesus until your life is clean.” They say, “Do not read the Bible because you will not understand it.” Jesus says, “Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” Now we are listening to Jesus.


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MOVEMENTS START MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA BY KUMAR

In 1995 I started sharing the gospel among unreached people and planting churches. My goal was to plant 100 churches by 2020. By 2007 I had planted 11 churches. Some people would consider that success, but I was devastated because I realized that at that rate, there was no way I would reach 100 churches by 2020. For two months I cried out to the Lord: “Show me the way to plant 100 churches!” Then in mid-2007 I got invited to a training in “4 Fields Zero Budget Church Planting.” I was only able to attend for one session, but that hour changed my life and ministry. I saw that Jesus equipped his disciples to multiply in a way that required zero outside funding.

I realized I had been planting traditional churches in which new believers were passively dependent on me. I saw that I needed instead to disciple new believers to share the gospel, make disciples and form new churches. I started planting “0 budget” churches, which began reproducing.

At first, only fourteen people—unschooled oral learners—came to faith. I trained those fourteen in my house over the course of one month. Since they all had regular jobs, different people would come on different days. It was really challenging, but the Lord told me not to give up. After they were trained, they went off to plant churches.

Less than a year later, when I called them all together and did the mapping of the fruit, we had 100 churches! Using the 4 Fields (CPM model) approach, we had reached the goal of 100 churches 12 years ahead time!

I asked the Lord “Where should I go now?” He said “Don’t go anywhere. Coach churches. Train the 100 churches to plant three more churches each.” As I trained my local church leaders, they trained their people. Some churches planted five new churches. Others planted none. By the next year the


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network of 100 churches had grown to 422. We trained those churches to plant three more churches each. By the following year we had 1268 churches.

Then the Lord told me: “Cast vision to other churches.” So I began to do this in other parts of the country. I told people “Come and see what the Lord is doing; see how our believers live and serve.” As people came and were trained, they multiplied to the third and fourth generation. I asked for 5000 and the Lord gave 5000. When I asked for 50,000, the Lord gave 50,000.

This movement is starting other new movements in three primary ways:

Believers with a vision for reaching their own people come to observe our work and receive ten days of training. Then

they go back to start a movement. We personally go to their countries since some cannot afford to come to our location. First we do an initial training, then I invite some of them to a second training where I do 50% of the training and they do 50%. Then for the third training, I coach them to do all the training. I then follow up with ongoing coaching of those who have implemented the training principles. Every three months, we try to call them and see how it’s going. Then we go back to follow up. We keep doing follow-up in different countries on a quarterly rotation.

Finally, we cast vision to coalitions of partners for “no place left” in their regions. For follow-up training, we send master trainers (people who understand the whole model and can train others to start movements) to equip them.

We have now engaged 56 previously Unengaged UPGs. We have ministry in almost every state of our country, and the work has spread to 12 countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia. We have developed 150 master trainers in our country. I’m very encouraged by 24:14, to learn that I’m not alone; I’m on the right track. Others in 24:14 are also seeing great fruit and have a similar vision. Our network’s goal fits with that of the 2414 Coalition: We want to see no place left without a gospel witness by 2025.



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HOW GOD IS MOVING AMONG THE UNREACHED IN EAST AFRICA BY AILA TASSE

Through Church Planting Movements (Disciple-Making Movements) amazing things have occurred among unreached people groups in East Africa. Since 2005, we have seen 7,571 churches planted with 185,358 new disciples. Multiple streams have started, multiplying into additional CPMs. In Rwanda, the movement is at 14 generations of new churches. Kenya’s at 9 generations. God is impacting 11 countries including Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda and even Sudan despite the war.

I grew up in Northern Kenya on the edge of the desert. One day as I was praying, God gave me a vision. He showed me 14 of the 22 unreached people groups in Kenya, every one of them living in that desert.

I felt God was calling me but didn’t want to accept the call. I had gone through so much persecution from my family and community that I wanted to leave the area. At that time there were no Christians among the indigenous people. The churches there all consisted of people working for the government or NGOs.

In 1998, I began fulfilling God’s vision and over the next few years I started implementing CPM principles. I became serious about applying a simpler


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pattern of church which was much more reproducible. Two other key factors that helped me multiply churches were the ideas of helping people discover truth (instead of someone telling it to them) and obedience as a normal pattern of discipleship. The strategy of DMM focuses on Discovery Bible Studies (DBS), where lost people are introduced to the Scripture and discover the truth for themselves and obey whatever God is

speaking to them. This strategy doesn’t force them to convert but rather focuses on the Scriptures and what the Holy Spirit speaks to the person through them. The DBS leader helps them hear from God, he moves in powerful ways in them.

At this point we have engaged all of the 14 UPGs in the desert and gone beyond that. Now we’re talking about 300 unreached people groups as per Joshua Project. We’re working at it country by country in East Africa, praying and focusing on the least reached, the least engaged.

Jesus commanded us to make disciples (not converts) as we go, until no space remains untouched by a worldwide explosion of disciples. This won’t happen by planting and growing churches one at a time. It won’t happen by trying to build megachurches or by paying a few people to try to do it. We believe the only way for the Church to fulfill the Great Commission is through making disciples who can make disciples. We have seen God do in East Africa, sometimes in partnership with existing churches.



I grew up in Northern Kenya on the edge of the desert. One day as I was praying, God gave me a vision. He showed me 14 of the 22 unreached people groups in Kenya, every one of them living in that desert.

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DMM SKEPTIC STARTS A STRONG MOVEMENT OF DISCIPLE MAKING

Agali gave Disciple Making Movements training to a group of pastors in 2015. From those who took the DMM training, a pastor named Roba came to him and expressed serious doubts that existing churches could make this kind of change. Agali did not argue but challenged Roba to start the process in his community. Roba took the challenge and went to his community in search of a person of peace. The community was predominantly a Muslim community where the men like to gather in the public square in the afternoons to drink tea and to socialize.

Roba went to the public square one afternoon. He greeted the men and offered to buy them tea telling them he had come to get to know them. He told them although he is a Christian and they are Muslims, they have been neighbors for a long time and as people who honor God maybe they should know each other better. The Muslims invited Roba to sit with them. As they were chatting

together, Roba got an opportunity to tell them a story from the Bible. He told them the story of Zacchaeus. The men were attentively listening to the story and when he reached the part of the story when Jesus said, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a son of Abraham,” his listeners became more attentive when the name of Abraham was mentioned. After finishing drinking tea, and as they were parting they invited the pastor to come again with more stories.

A few days later, Roba joined them again for tea. After the usual greetings and talking about current happenings in the community, Roba asked them if they remembered the story he had told them in his first visit. They told him they did. He asked them to repeat the story for him, which they did. After repeating the story, a lively discussion followed. One of them asked Roba if he believes that Jesus is God. Roba threw the question back to the men and asked them, “if Jesus in the story of Zacchaeus was able to give salvation to men, does this not show that Jesus could have divine attributes that are not found in men?” Some of the men responded in agreement by nodding their heads.

These meetings over tea became frequent and regular. In a natural progression of the relationships, many Discovery Bible Groups and churches were established among these Muslims, resulting in 32 small churches.



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NEW WINESKIN FOR NEW WINE

When Pastor Kamau was invited to conduct a DMM training among a group of pastors from a particular district, he did not expect much to happen. They were skeptical because the people of the district were known as very nominal Christians and the existing churches had lots of strong church traditions that did not advance the gospel. Pastor Kamau saw little hope that the pastors of these churches would take up the challenge of Disciple Making Movements and apply them among their people.

But happily, Pastor Kamau was proved to be mistaken. Just four months after the DMM training, that region had seen 98 new Discovery Groups, four generations deep in some streams.

Pastor Ado shared that the DMM training which he took from Pastor Kamau changed his mindset. Ado reported that immediately after he took the DMM training, he replaced the Sunday preaching with Discovery Groups to see what would happen, if any of the people would report back about how they obeyed God.

He relayed that his members reported renewed joy in their relationship with God and with each other. Some


But happily, Pastor Kamau was proved to be mistaken. Just four months after the DMM training, that region had seen 98 new Discovery Groups, four generations deep in some streams.

members reported being healed of sicknesses during the prayers of the Discovery Group.

Pastor Ado says the members of his church were also coached to start Discovery Groups in their homes and in their neighborhoods and 42 more groups were started in just a few months.

We see God using many people and groups, and we praise God for the network and collaboration of 24:14. We need to work together as the Body of Christ. We need to learn from others, as well as to share what we are learning.


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PROGRESS ON PREVIOUSLY UNENGAGED PEOPLE GROUPS AS OF AUGUST 2020

Many mission organizations and churches have prioritized the sending of workers to previously Unengaged People Groups. The Finishing The Task Network reports the following since November, 2005:

THE REMAINING UNENGAGED, UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS

As of this publication, workers have yet to begin engaging the following people groups with the Gospel. Please prayerfully consider collaborating together for the acceleration of the Great Commission.

3,158

42,805

89,777

156,679

3,597,678

Groups engaged by 5,159 teams

Fully-focused vocational workers sent by 416 engaging ministries

Bi-vocational and part-time workers

Churches planted

Reported believers

More workers are needed for these groups, and we praise God for His blessings thus far.

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37 Ethnolinguis,c, Unengaged, Unreached Deaf People Groups (sorted by country; popula,ons over 500)

The heart of the Finishing The Task Coali,on is to see that no people group be leD behind – that everyone has the opportunity to hear about Jesus. Most of the approximately 70 million Deaf people around the world have never seen Jesus's name signed in their language.

ODen ignored and oppressed, Deaf people groups are some of the least evangelized people on Earth(1).

The World Federa,on of the Deaf(2) es,mates the global Deaf popula,on at 70 million, around 1% of the world’s people and yet, according to DOOR Interna,onal(3), less than 2% know and follow Jesus. Survey work done through organiza,ons like SIL Interna,onal(4) has uncovered

at least 135 sign languages in the world and it is es,mated that there may be over 350 sign languages.x

The following is a list of Deaf people groups where there are no KNOWN workers reported at the ;me of this update.

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? ~ Romans 10:14

WS=Wri]en Scripture; J=JESUS Film; F=Faith/Evangelis,c; G=Gospel Recording;C=Churches; B=Believers; WN=Workers Needed (1 per 50k pop., min); WR=Workers Reported

FTT # PEID COUNTRY REGION EST. LAT EST. LONG PEOPLE GROUP NAME POPULATION ROL LANGUAGE RELIGION WS J F G C B WN WR

654 47635 Angola Sub-Sahara Africa -8.823472 13.268967 Deaf Angolan 240,000 und Undetermined Non-Religious No No No No No No 4 01544 47636 Barbados LAC 13.08755 -59.599185 Deaf Barbadian 2,800 ase American Sign LanguageNon-Religious No Yes No No No No 1 0663 47670 Belarus EU 53.884008 27.649338 Deaf Belarusian 94,000 rsl Russian Sign LanguageNon-Religious Yes Yes Yes No No No 1 0

1368 47671 Bhutan South Asia 27.445864 89.662557 Deaf Bhutanese 7,600 xxx Bhutanese Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01371 47716 Bosnia and Herzegovina Eastern EU 43.848317 18.333911 Deaf Bosnian 38,000 xxx Bosnian Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01587 47672 Brunei SEA 4.936904 114.938592 Deaf Bruneian 4,200 xxx Bruneian Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 05728 47050 Cape Verde Sub-Sahara Africa 14.913248 -23.520646 Deaf Cape Verdean 5,100 per Portuguese Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 05729 47727 Central African Republic Sub-Sahara Africa 4.407723 18.544486 Deaf Central African 47,000 ase American Sign LanguageNon-Religious Yes Yes No No No No 1 05816 47748 Comoros Sub-Sahara Africa -11.736196 43.230809 Deaf Comoran 7,500 und Undetermined Non-Religious No No No No No No 1 05817 47761 Congo (Brazzaville) Sub-Sahara Africa -4.2232 15.276625 Deaf Congolese 13,000 ase American Sign LanguageNon-Religious No Yes No No No No 1 01374 47760 Croa,a Eastern EU 45.813851 15.903154 Deaf Croa,an 42,000 csq Croa,a Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01729 47779 Curaçao LAC 12.113036 -68.93838 Deaf Dutch An,llean 1,500 dse Netherlands Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01731 47759 Cyprus EU 35.170163 33.333141 Deaf Cypriot 8,900 xxx Cypriot Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 05843 47757 French Guiana LAC 4.92286 -52.327093 Deaf Guyanese 2,500 fsl French Sign LanguageNon-Religious Yes No No No No No 1 05845 47745 Gabon Sub-Sahara Africa 0.37292 9.475531 Deaf Gabonese 17,000 ase American Sign LanguageNon-Religious Yes Yes No No No No 1 05350 47732 Guinea Sub-Sahara Africa 9.612112 -13.602898 Deaf Guinean 27,000 gus Guinean Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01440 48846 Guyana LAC 6.804709 -58.154897 Deaf Guyanan 8,000 ase American Sign LanguageNon-Religious Yes Yes No No No No 1 01794 47770 Iceland EU 64.145103 -21.862932 Deaf Icelander 3,200 icl Icelandic Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01867 48845 Kosovo Eastern EU 42.672265 21.164624 Deaf of Kosovo 18,000 xxx Kosovar Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01931 47728 Luxembourg EU 49.614394 6.107489 Deaf Luxembourger 5,500 gsg German Sign LanguageNon-Religious Yes No No No No No 1 01393 47749 Macedonia Eastern EU 42.00323 21.472782 Deaf Macedonian 20,000 xxx Macedonian Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 0892 47783 Malawi Sub-Sahara Africa -13.916424 33.755513 Deaf Malawian 76,000 xxx Malawian Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 0

1942 47782 Maldives South Asia 4.172809 73.503947 Deaf Maldivan 3,500 und Undetermined Non-Religious No No No No No No 1 01947 47754 Malta EU 35.920561 14.477307 Deaf Maltese 4,200 mdl Maltese Sign LanguageNon-Religious Yes No No No No No 1 01950 48848 Mauri,us Sub-Sahara Africa -20.165179 57.496521 Deaf of Mauri,us 12,000 lsy Mauri,an Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01952 48844 Montenegro Eastern EU 42.44237 19.268684 Montenegrin Deaf 6,218 csq Croa,a Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 05916 47735 Panama LAC 8.981318 -79.53461 Deaf Panamanian 39,000 lsp Panamanian Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 05442 47775 Papua New Guinea SEA -9.47137 147.197837 Deaf Papua New Guinean 74,000 xxx Papua New Guinea Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 01994 48849 Reunion Sub-Sahara Africa -20.881929 55.450632 Deaf of Reunion 8,400 mis Uncoded Languages Non-Religious No No No No No No 1 02010 47774 Saint Lucia LAC 14.083911 -60.949753 Deaf Saint Lucian 1,800 ase American Sign LanguageNon-Religious No Yes No No No No 1 02012 47773 Samoa SEA -13.838198-171.786896 Deaf Samoan 1,900 und Undetermined Non-Religious No No No No No No 1 01257 47733 Serbia Eastern EU 44.83384 20.383287 Deaf Serbian 71,000 ysl Yugoslavian Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 02017 47794 Slovenia Eastern EU 46.045439 14.503342 Deaf Slovenian 20,000 ysl Yugoslavian Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 02018 47756 Solomon Islands LAC -9.438138 159.969584 Deaf Solomon Islander 5,700 szs Solomon Islands Sign LanguageNon-Religious No No No No No No 1 05970 47791 Suriname LAC 5.821159 -55.196037 Deaf Surinamer 5,400 und Undetermined Non-Religious No No No No No No 1 02071 48850 Timor-Leste SEA -8.558882 125.578037 Deaf of East Timor 12,000 mis Uncoded Languages Non-Religious No No No No No No 1 02128 47787 Vanuatu SEA -17.736479 168.336357 Deaf Ni-Vanuatu 2,500 und Undetermined Non-Religious No No No No No No 1 0

As of AUGUST 2020 37 Deaf People Groups 956,418

(1) h]ps://www.imb.org/deaf/ (2) h]ps://wfdeaf.org/ (3) h]ps://doorinterna,onal.org/ (4) h]ps://www.sil.org/

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(1) https://www.imb.org/deaf/ (2) https://wfdeaf.org/ (3) https://doorinternational.org/ (4) https://www.sil.org/

37 ETHNOLINGUISTIC, UNENGAGED, UNREACHED DEAF PEOPLE GROUPS(SORTED BY COUNTRY; POPULATIONS OVER 500)

The heart of the Finishing The Task Coalition is to see that no people group be left behind—that everyone has the opportunity to hear about Jesus. Most of the approximately 70 million Deaf people around the world have never seen Jesus’s name signed in their language. Often ignored and oppressed, Deaf people groups are some of the least evangelized people on Earth1.

The World Federation of the Deaf2 estimates the global Deaf population at 70 million, around 1% of the world’s people and yet, according to DOOR International3, less than 2% know and follow Jesus. Survey work done through organizations like SIL International4 has uncovered at least 135 sign languages in the world and it is estimated that there may be over 350 sign languages.

The following is a list of Deaf people groups where there are no KNOWN workers reported at the time of this update.

1https://www.imb.org/deaf/ 2https://wfdeaf.org/ 3https://doorinternational.org/ 4https://www.sil.org/

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?

And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

Romans 10:14

WS=Written Scripture; OS=Oral Scripture; J=JESUS Film; F=Faith/Evangelistic; G=Gospel Recording; R=RadioC=Churches; B=Believers; WN=Workers Needed (1 per 50k pop., min); WR=Workers Reported

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140 Ethnolinguis,c, Unengaged, Unreached People Groups (sorted by country; popula,ons over 500)

Progress on previously Unengaged People Groups as of August 2020Many mission organiza,ons and churches have priori,zed the sending of workers to previously Unengaged People Groups.

The Finishing The Task Network reports the following since November, 2005.

3,158 Groups engaged by 5,159 teams 42,805 Fully-focused voca,onal workers sent by 416 engaging ministries 89,777 Bi-voca,onal and part-,me workers 156,679 Churches planted 3,597,678 Reported believers

As of this publica,on, workers have yet to begin engaging the following people groups with the Gospel. Please prayerfully consider co-laboring together for the accelera,on of the Great Commission.

WS=Wri]en Scripture; OS=Oral Scripture; J=JESUS Film; F=Faith/Evangelis,c; G=Gospel Recording; R=RadioC=Churches; B=Believers; WN=Workers Needed (1 per 50k pop., min); WR=Workers Reported

FTT # PEID COUNTRY REGION EST. LAT EST. LONG PEOPLE GROUP NAME POPULATION ROL LANGUAGE RELIGION WS OS J F G R C B WN WR

657 17364 Argen,na LAC -27.422553 -63.59383 Quichua, San,ago de Estero 64,000 qus Quichua, San,ago del EsteroEthnic Religions Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No 1 0

1565 16528 Brazil LAC -11.416667 -57.333333 Apiaká 900 api Apiaká Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2895 Brazil LAC Kanindé 1,033 por Portuguese Needs Verifica,on Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

2898 48636 Brazil LAC -9.215833 -37.756667 Koiupanka 1,100 por Portuguese Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

2915 17069 Brazil LAC Pataxó-Hãhãhãe 14,000 por Portuguese Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No 1 0

2921 Brazil LAC Tabajara 3,254 por Portuguese Needs Verifica,on Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5706 46976 Brazil LAC -8.549017 -39.356833 Tumbalala 1,600 por Portuguese Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No 1 0

5707 17149 Brazil LAC -14.75 -39.166667 Tupinamba 4,700 por Portuguese Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No 1 0

2933 Brazil LAC Wassu 2,011 wsu Wassu Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1616 6657 China East Asia 25.49083 107.84359 Ai-Cham 3,700 aih Ai-Cham Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

5819 20435 China East Asia 38.930205 76.169596 Ainu 9,200 aib Ainu (China) Islam Yes No No No No No No No 1 0

5762 22145 China East Asia 22.883344 102.744099 Alu 8,000 nos Nisu, Eastern Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5763 6666 China East Asia 21.605617 100.285711 Angku 8,500 kkn Kon Keu Buddhism No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1619 22146 China East Asia 23.755117 103.52517 Ani 4,300 yix Axi Yi Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1620 22147 China East Asia 26.940645 106.022237 A'ou 2,500 giw White Gelao Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5081 22149 China East Asia 23.721624 103.584713 Asahei 12,000 ysn Sani Ethnic Religions No Yes No No No Yes No No 1 0

5764 6673 China East Asia 26.196363 109.092402 Baheng, Liping 7,200 pha Pa-Hng Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5311 6680 China East Asia 25.336717 107.670823 Baonuo 35,000 bwx Bunu, Bu-Nao Ethnic Religions No No No Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1625 6683 China East Asia 25.392538 107.987143 Beidongnuo 550 hea Miao, Northern QiandongEthnic Religions Yes No No Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1627 6692 China East Asia 48.468926 124.488213 Bogol 1,400 dta Daur Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1629 6695 China East Asia 35.093589 101.895919 Bonan, Tongren 7,600 peh Bonan Buddhism No No No No No No No No 1 0

1631 6700 China East Asia 31.79607 78.90344 Bunan 2,200 bfu Gahri Buddhism Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

692 6704 China East Asia 48.75926 117.7863 Buriat 166,000 bxu Buriat, China Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 3 0

5765 22155 China East Asia 25.496417 107.950481 Changpao 7,200 bwx Bunu, Bu-Nao Ethnic Religions No No No Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5766 6710 China East Asia 24.464967 102.203531 Chesu 9,100 nos Nisu, Eastern Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1633 22157 China East Asia 26.016144 108.660288 Diao 2,500 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

695 6726 China East Asia 26.99443 109.20384 Dong, Northern 1,405,000 doc Dong, Northern Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 28 0

1638 22168 China East Asia 27.552902 106.916537 Hagei 2,800 giw White Gelao Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5320 7216 China East Asia 21.577774 108.126828 Jing 27,500 vie Vietnamese Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1643 7222 China East Asia 29.653551 91.120959 Keji 2,400 bod Tibetan Islam Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5777 22179 China East Asia 23.637 103.389909 Labapo 9,200 ysn Sani Ethnic Religions No Yes No No No Yes No No 1 0

5532 7243 China East Asia 23.896186 101.679898 Lalu, Xinping 55,000 ywt Xishanba Lalo Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

5778 22180 China East Asia 25.370727 99.04608 Lalu, Xuzhang 5,800 ywt Xishanba Lalo Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

5779 22183 China East Asia 22.753411 103.178254 Laowu 9,100 nos Nisu, Eastern Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1649 7254 China East Asia 28.408068 92.394177 Lhoba, Bogar 4,600 adi Adi Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5780 7255 China East Asia 29.44725 95.64716 Lhoba, Yidu 10,500 clk Idu-Mishmi Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5321 22184 China East Asia 25.875534 110.097773 Linghua 26,500 mis Uncoded Languages Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1651 22186 China East Asia 25.512987 105.004226 Liujia 4,700 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1653 22192 China East Asia 27.163067 105.696229 Lu 4,300 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1210 22188 China East Asia 23.071524 104.178554 Luoluopo, Southeastern 51,000 yso Nisi (China) Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No No No No 1 0

1654 22193 China East Asia 28.33754 101.358239 Luzu 1,400 ers Ersu Buddhism Yes No No No No No No No 1 0

1658 22194 China East Asia 28.391155 101.143022 Manyak 2,600 mvm Muya Buddhism Yes No No No No No No No 1 0

5092 22195 China East Asia 23.629695 105.254399 Mengwu 26,000 ysn Sani Ethnic Religions No Yes No No No Yes No No 1 0

705 7294 China East Asia 26.564814 104.897175 Miao, Lupanshui 67,500 hsn Chinese, Xiang Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5783 7309 China East Asia 28.012421 91.962161 Monba, Medog 9,500 tsj Tshangla Buddhism Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5324 7314 China East Asia 27.680674 100.846141 Mongol, Sichuan 29,000 mvf Mongolian, PeripheralBuddhism Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

2248 49302 China East Asia 34.533333 101.516667 Mongols of Henan County 34,500 adx Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5785 7318 China East Asia 28.23683 110.02242 Mozhihei 5,600 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1666 22204 China East Asia 27.678056 101.46272 Naju 2,100 nru Narua Buddhism No No No No No No No No 1 0

1667 7324 China East Asia 28.59085 101.8976 Namuyi 9,800 nmy Namuyi Buddhism No No No No No No No No 1 0

5097 7325 China East Asia 26.629086 100.704837 Naruo 16,500 iii Sichuan Yi Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1669 24996 China East Asia 34.75102 79.141359 Nubra 700 lbj Ladakhi Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1670 7339 China East Asia 25.370641 107.831132 Numao 2,200 bwx Bunu, Bu-Nao Ethnic Religions No No No Yes No Yes No No 1 0

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140 ETHNOLINGUISTIC, UNENGAGED, UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS(SORTED BY COUNTRY; POPULATIONS OVER 500)

Progress on previously Unengaged People Groups as of August 2020

Many mission organizations and churches have prioritized the sending of workers to previously Unengaged People Groups.


3,158 Groups engaged by 5,159 teams

42,805 Fully-focused vocational workers sent by 416 engaging ministries

89,777 Bi-vocational and part-time workers

156,679 Churches planted

3,597,678 Reported believers


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1671 7343 China East Asia 47.878977 124.336234 Olot 3,100 xal Kalmyk Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5099 7347 China East Asia 24.578844 104.988088 Palyu 14,500 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5790 7358 China East Asia 23.429194 106.288066 Pusha 6,000 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5101 7359 China East Asia 26.504929 107.929166 Qanu 16,000 hea Miao, Northern QiandongEthnic Religions Yes No No Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5102 22107 China East Asia 25.512618 100.587804 Qiangyi 14,500 qxs Qiang, Southern Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5791 22108 China East Asia 26.304778 104.953184 Qixingmin 6,300 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5103 23112 China East Asia 26.462498 107.52825 Rao 13,000 tct T'en Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1680 7376 China East Asia 47.647405 124.674146 Saman 2,400 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5793 22112 China East Asia 26.252974 109.271396 Sanqiao 6,400 kmc Dong, Southern Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1683 7386 China East Asia 28.38951 100.40036 Shixing 3,600 sxg Shixing Buddhism No No No No No No No No 1 0

5104 7388 China East Asia 25.248991 104.700356 Shui, Yunnan 12,500 swi Sui Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1691 7414 China East Asia 23.131612 104.446321 Tulao 4,800 dru Rukai Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1693 7423 China East Asia 24.838807 104.611809 Wopu 4,200 yig Nasu, Wusa Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5107 7425 China East Asia 27.96488 110.47275 Wunai 12,500 bwn Bunu, Wunai Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1694 7427 China East Asia 35.412228 101.962329 Wutun 3,300 wuh Wutunhua Buddhism No No No No No No No No 1 0

1695 7428 China East Asia 26.739488 107.259113 Xi 1,500 hml Hmong, Luopohe Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1696 22124 China East Asia 26.010216 108.834527 Xialusi 3,700 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1355 7433 China East Asia 41.809237 123.402622 Xibe, Western 35,000 sjo Xibe Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

719 7438 China East Asia 25.67173 107.30906 Yanghuang 58,500 tct T'en Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1698 7439 China East Asia 23.34197 105.75368 Yerong 700 yrn Yerong Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

5108 7445 China East Asia 23.729917 105.437552 Yongchun 15,500 zzj Zhuang, Zuojiang Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1701 22128 China East Asia 25.554249 108.00419 Youmai 2,500 ium Iu Mien Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5109 23114 China East Asia 25.771729 110.470217 Younuo (Red Yao) 25,000 buh Bunu, Younuo Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5796 7449 China East Asia 37.98815 101.76214 Yugur, Enger 6,000 yuy Yugur, East Buddhism No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5110 7450 China East Asia 39.05481 99.31118 Yugur, Saragh 8,900 ybe Yugur, West Buddhism No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1702 22129 China East Asia 28.398669 97.361202 Za 3,200 adx Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1710 46901 Colombia LAC 2.559133 -76.062206 Guanaca 600 spa Spanish Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

2940 Colombia LAC Kubeo 4,238 cub Cubeo Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1711 43720 Colombia LAC 6.34582 -71.2671 Macaguan 900 mbn Macaguán Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1712 16262 Colombia LAC -0.712603 -72.403501 Muinane 550 bmr Muinane Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1713 16280 Colombia LAC 1.345 -72.149 Siriano 650 sri Siriano Ethnic Religions Yes Yes No No No No No No 1 0

2285 23158 Colombia LAC 1.221 -71.958 Tucano 7,000 tuo Tucano Ethnic Religions Yes Yes No No No Yes No No 1 0

1715 16246 Colombia LAC 6.12622 -72.04398 Tunebo, Eastern 700 tbn Barro Negro Tunebo Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2945 Colombia LAC Tuyuka 570 tue Tuyuca Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes No No Yes No No 1 0

5511 16294 Colombia LAC 1.43017 -74.37145 Yari 800 cbd Carijona Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

2959 42176 Comoros Sub-Sahara Africa -12.282012 43.736983 Comorian Mwali 39,500 wlc Mwali Comorian Islam - Sunni No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1722 13005 Congo (Brazzaville) Sub-Sahara Africa 1.63917 16.12504 Ngondi 4,000 ndn Ngundi Needs Verifica,on No No No No No No No No 1 0

1734 83 Denmark EU 55.660471 12.368592 Danish Traveller 3,200 dan Danish Non-Religious Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

743 42715 Ethiopia Sub-Sahara Africa 7.032024 38.492614 Azebu 105,000 gaz Oromo, West CentralIslam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 2 0

1752 110 Finland EU 69.42289 27.86583 Finnish Lapp 9,000 fin Finnish Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1770 13214 Gabon Sub-Sahara Africa -1.28107 11.17825 Simba 5,300 sbw Simba Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2960 49347 India South Asia 29.6945 77.6738 Ahmadiya 6,900 urd Urdu Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1799 22632 Indonesia SEA -3.61403 130.81465 Ba, 4,800 bvt Ba, (Indonesia) Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

2278 49374 Indonesia SEA 1.274519 100.863546 Bonai 14,000 zlm Malay Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

2841 Indonesia SEA Budong-Budong 500 bdx Budong-Budong Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1802 22558 Indonesia SEA 1.29075 113.24644 Bukat 650 bvk Bukat Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1808 22571 Indonesia SEA 0.91787 114.45183 Kayan Mahakam 1,900 xay Kayan Mahakam Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1809 22572 Indonesia SEA 1.925478 115.48531 Kayan River Kayan 2,400 xkn Kayan River Kayan Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1812 22756 Indonesia SEA -8.628234 119.437174 Komodo 1,800 kvh Komodo Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1813 22821 Indonesia SEA -2.6367 121.97686 Koroni 600 xkq Koroni Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1814 22826 Indonesia SEA -6.45512 120.48283 Layolo 1,600 lji Laiyolo Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1815 22837 Indonesia SEA -3.6996 119.75974 Malimpung 6,500 mli Malimpung Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1816 22584 Indonesia SEA 0.98794 113.28555 Mendalam Kayan 2,400 xkd Mendalam Kayan Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1817 22594 Indonesia SEA 0.87404 114.12676 Penihing 4,200 pni Aoheng Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1819 22596 Indonesia SEA 1.38035 116.0886 Punan Aput 600 pud Punan Aput Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1820 22598 Indonesia SEA 0.588986 113.84405 Punan Keriau 500 xke Kereho Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2847 22539 Indonesia SEA 2.77313 97.773354 Singkil 65,000 btx Batak Karo Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5029 22882 Indonesia SEA 0.42569 120.89031 Tomini 30,000 txm Tomini Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1825 22887 Indonesia SEA -2.06702 119.31384 Topoiyo 2,900 toy Topoiyo Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1834 11754 Israel Middle East 32.01438 34.82811 Nash Didan 7,200 trg Lishán Didán Judaism Yes No No No No No No No 1 0

1846 7581 Japan East Asia 27.04068 128.4281 Yoron 5,700 yox Yoron Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1895 20906 Laos SEA 15.038786 106.277762 Kate 800 mis Uncoded Languages Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1923 20965 Laos SEA 20.631187 102.453069 Taket 750 lao Lao Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1924 20958 Laos SEA 20.67947 101.046752 Tamoy 800 lao Lao Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1932 18464 Malaysia SEA 5.687364 118.371083 Abai Sungai 1,200 abf Abai Sungai Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5195 18475 Malaysia SEA 5.30433 115.51229 Bisaya 75,500 bsy Bisaya, Sabah Islam Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1933 46927 Malaysia SEA 7.289008 117.203299 Bonggi 2,600 bdg Bonggi Islam Yes Yes No No No No No No 1 0

1935 9269 Malaysia SEA 4.16535 114.36735 Kiput 3,800 kyi Kiput Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1937 9281 Malaysia SEA 4.11426 114.02858 Lelak 500 zbc Central Berawan Islam Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1939 9304 Malaysia SEA 7.226628 117.065164 Molbog 8,100 pwm Molbog Islam Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

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1671 7343 China East Asia 47.878977 124.336234 Olot 3,100 xal Kalmyk Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5099 7347 China East Asia 24.578844 104.988088 Palyu 14,500 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5790 7358 China East Asia 23.429194 106.288066 Pusha 6,000 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5101 7359 China East Asia 26.504929 107.929166 Qanu 16,000 hea Miao, Northern QiandongEthnic Religions Yes No No Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5102 22107 China East Asia 25.512618 100.587804 Qiangyi 14,500 qxs Qiang, Southern Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5791 22108 China East Asia 26.304778 104.953184 Qixingmin 6,300 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5103 23112 China East Asia 26.462498 107.52825 Rao 13,000 tct T'en Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1680 7376 China East Asia 47.647405 124.674146 Saman 2,400 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5793 22112 China East Asia 26.252974 109.271396 Sanqiao 6,400 kmc Dong, Southern Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1683 7386 China East Asia 28.38951 100.40036 Shixing 3,600 sxg Shixing Buddhism No No No No No No No No 1 0

5104 7388 China East Asia 25.248991 104.700356 Shui, Yunnan 12,500 swi Sui Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1691 7414 China East Asia 23.131612 104.446321 Tulao 4,800 dru Rukai Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1693 7423 China East Asia 24.838807 104.611809 Wopu 4,200 yig Nasu, Wusa Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5107 7425 China East Asia 27.96488 110.47275 Wunai 12,500 bwn Bunu, Wunai Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1694 7427 China East Asia 35.412228 101.962329 Wutun 3,300 wuh Wutunhua Buddhism No No No No No No No No 1 0

1695 7428 China East Asia 26.739488 107.259113 Xi 1,500 hml Hmong, Luopohe Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1696 22124 China East Asia 26.010216 108.834527 Xialusi 3,700 cmn Chinese, Mandarin Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1355 7433 China East Asia 41.809237 123.402622 Xibe, Western 35,000 sjo Xibe Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

719 7438 China East Asia 25.67173 107.30906 Yanghuang 58,500 tct T'en Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1698 7439 China East Asia 23.34197 105.75368 Yerong 700 yrn Yerong Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

5108 7445 China East Asia 23.729917 105.437552 Yongchun 15,500 zzj Zhuang, Zuojiang Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1701 22128 China East Asia 25.554249 108.00419 Youmai 2,500 ium Iu Mien Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5109 23114 China East Asia 25.771729 110.470217 Younuo (Red Yao) 25,000 buh Bunu, Younuo Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5796 7449 China East Asia 37.98815 101.76214 Yugur, Enger 6,000 yuy Yugur, East Buddhism No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

5110 7450 China East Asia 39.05481 99.31118 Yugur, Saragh 8,900 ybe Yugur, West Buddhism No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1702 22129 China East Asia 28.398669 97.361202 Za 3,200 adx Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

1710 46901 Colombia LAC 2.559133 -76.062206 Guanaca 600 spa Spanish Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

2940 Colombia LAC Kubeo 4,238 cub Cubeo Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1711 43720 Colombia LAC 6.34582 -71.2671 Macaguan 900 mbn Macaguán Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1712 16262 Colombia LAC -0.712603 -72.403501 Muinane 550 bmr Muinane Ethnic Religions Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1713 16280 Colombia LAC 1.345 -72.149 Siriano 650 sri Siriano Ethnic Religions Yes Yes No No No No No No 1 0

2285 23158 Colombia LAC 1.221 -71.958 Tucano 7,000 tuo Tucano Ethnic Religions Yes Yes No No No Yes No No 1 0

1715 16246 Colombia LAC 6.12622 -72.04398 Tunebo, Eastern 700 tbn Barro Negro Tunebo Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2945 Colombia LAC Tuyuka 570 tue Tuyuca Ethnic Religions Yes No Yes No No Yes No No 1 0

5511 16294 Colombia LAC 1.43017 -74.37145 Yari 800 cbd Carijona Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

2959 42176 Comoros Sub-Sahara Africa -12.282012 43.736983 Comorian Mwali 39,500 wlc Mwali Comorian Islam - Sunni No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1722 13005 Congo (Brazzaville) Sub-Sahara Africa 1.63917 16.12504 Ngondi 4,000 ndn Ngundi Needs Verifica,on No No No No No No No No 1 0

1734 83 Denmark EU 55.660471 12.368592 Danish Traveller 3,200 dan Danish Non-Religious Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

743 42715 Ethiopia Sub-Sahara Africa 7.032024 38.492614 Azebu 105,000 gaz Oromo, West CentralIslam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 2 0

1752 110 Finland EU 69.42289 27.86583 Finnish Lapp 9,000 fin Finnish Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1770 13214 Gabon Sub-Sahara Africa -1.28107 11.17825 Simba 5,300 sbw Simba Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2960 49347 India South Asia 29.6945 77.6738 Ahmadiya 6,900 urd Urdu Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1799 22632 Indonesia SEA -3.61403 130.81465 Ba, 4,800 bvt Ba, (Indonesia) Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

2278 49374 Indonesia SEA 1.274519 100.863546 Bonai 14,000 zlm Malay Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

2841 Indonesia SEA Budong-Budong 500 bdx Budong-Budong Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1802 22558 Indonesia SEA 1.29075 113.24644 Bukat 650 bvk Bukat Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1808 22571 Indonesia SEA 0.91787 114.45183 Kayan Mahakam 1,900 xay Kayan Mahakam Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1809 22572 Indonesia SEA 1.925478 115.48531 Kayan River Kayan 2,400 xkn Kayan River Kayan Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1812 22756 Indonesia SEA -8.628234 119.437174 Komodo 1,800 kvh Komodo Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1813 22821 Indonesia SEA -2.6367 121.97686 Koroni 600 xkq Koroni Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1814 22826 Indonesia SEA -6.45512 120.48283 Layolo 1,600 lji Laiyolo Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1815 22837 Indonesia SEA -3.6996 119.75974 Malimpung 6,500 mli Malimpung Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1816 22584 Indonesia SEA 0.98794 113.28555 Mendalam Kayan 2,400 xkd Mendalam Kayan Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1817 22594 Indonesia SEA 0.87404 114.12676 Penihing 4,200 pni Aoheng Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1819 22596 Indonesia SEA 1.38035 116.0886 Punan Aput 600 pud Punan Aput Ethnic Religions No No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1820 22598 Indonesia SEA 0.588986 113.84405 Punan Keriau 500 xke Kereho Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2847 22539 Indonesia SEA 2.77313 97.773354 Singkil 65,000 btx Batak Karo Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5029 22882 Indonesia SEA 0.42569 120.89031 Tomini 30,000 txm Tomini Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1825 22887 Indonesia SEA -2.06702 119.31384 Topoiyo 2,900 toy Topoiyo Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1834 11754 Israel Middle East 32.01438 34.82811 Nash Didan 7,200 trg Lishán Didán Judaism Yes No No No No No No No 1 0

1846 7581 Japan East Asia 27.04068 128.4281 Yoron 5,700 yox Yoron Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1895 20906 Laos SEA 15.038786 106.277762 Kate 800 mis Uncoded Languages Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

1923 20965 Laos SEA 20.631187 102.453069 Taket 750 lao Lao Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1924 20958 Laos SEA 20.67947 101.046752 Tamoy 800 lao Lao Ethnic Religions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

1932 18464 Malaysia SEA 5.687364 118.371083 Abai Sungai 1,200 abf Abai Sungai Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5195 18475 Malaysia SEA 5.30433 115.51229 Bisaya 75,500 bsy Bisaya, Sabah Islam Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1933 46927 Malaysia SEA 7.289008 117.203299 Bonggi 2,600 bdg Bonggi Islam Yes Yes No No No No No No 1 0

1935 9269 Malaysia SEA 4.16535 114.36735 Kiput 3,800 kyi Kiput Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

1937 9281 Malaysia SEA 4.11426 114.02858 Lelak 500 zbc Central Berawan Islam Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

1939 9304 Malaysia SEA 7.226628 117.065164 Molbog 8,100 pwm Molbog Islam Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

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5514 17257 Paraguay LAC -22.31231 -62.537553 Wichi 2,600 mzh Wichí Lhamtés GüisnayEthnic Religions Yes No No No No No No No 1 0

5934 11961 Sudan North Africa 12.44598 30.76112 Afix 5,000 aD Afix Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5935 11979 Sudan North Africa 11.786333 25.161867 Baygo 1,000 apd Arabic, Sudanese Islam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1 0

5937 11995 Sudan North Africa 12.47398 30.67816 Dair 1,000 drb Dair Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5943 12024 Sudan North Africa 10.73208 31.53992 Fungor 4,800 fuj Ko Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5951 12065 Sudan North Africa 11.373892 29.580957 Keiga Jirru 1,400 keg Tese Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5955 12077 Sudan North Africa 10.33565 30.73307 Lafofa 7,300 laf Lafofa Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

2042 12082 Sudan North Africa 10.98053 31.12359 Logol 12,500 lof Logol Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

2043 12105 Sudan North Africa 11.029411 29.496612 Miri 4,300 xtc Katcha-Kadugli-Miri Islam Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No 1 0

5964 42853 Sudan North Africa 11.195497 29.654571 Tese 1,400 keg Tese Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5966 12166 Sudan North Africa 11.983857 30.955222 Tumale 19,000 tag Tagoi Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

5968 12171 Sudan North Africa 10.59398 31.15736 Warnang 1,100 wrn Warnang Islam No No No No No No No No 1 0

2069 10895 Thailand SEA 18.17175 100.20957 Mpi 1,500 mpz Mpi Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2070 10898 Thailand SEA 15.89091 101.51465 Nyahkur 1,500 cbn Nyahkur Buddhism Yes No No No No Yes No No 1 0

2129 16476 Venezuela LAC 1.80371 -66.5022 Mandahuaca 3,000 mht Mandahuaca Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

5987 20966 Vietnam SEA 17.74065 105.78465 Chut 6,000 scb Chut Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

2138 11201 Vietnam SEA 23.04628 104.879227 Pubiao 700 laq Qabiao Ethnic Religions No No No No No No No No 1 0

As of AUGUST 2020 140 People Groups 2,999,256

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PRAYER REQUESTS

Upcoming Events:

• October 2020 GAP4FTT Conference in Incheon, South Korea

• January 2021 FTT Global Summit

FTT Partners affected by COVID-19

Quickening of hearts and spirits for the vision of “Bible, Believer and Body

of Christ in every place on earth”.

Deaf UUPGs and the continued partnership with ministries that focus especially on reaching the world’s

many Deaf People Groups.

For the engagement of all the UUPGs on the FTT Engagement

List within the next two years.

ABOUT FINISHING THE TASKFinishing The Task unites and mobilizes the global body of Christ to courageously take up the mantle of catalyzing, multiplying and supporting church planting movements in every unreached people

group and place, until everyone, everywhere has access to a Bible, Believers, and a Body of Christ.

HISTORYDuring the 2000 Lausanne Conference in Amsterdam,

a small group of mission leaders began a strategic relationship for the purpose of seeing every people

group engaged with sustainable church planting initiatives. The group called themselves “Table 71” after the particular table number where they were gathered.

In the fall of 2005, the partners felt led by the Holy Spirit to launch a broader strategy called Finishing The Task.

FinishingTheTask.com

Documents

GLOBAL 2020 UPDATE · millions of places with No Body of Christ. This means that billions of people will go into eternity separated from Jesus forever—unless the global church rises