A G

LO

BA

L I

NV

ITA

TIO

N T

O T

HE

BO

DY

OF

CH

RIS

T

La

rg

es

t F

ro

nt

ier

Pe

op

le

GR

OU

PS

38

Spec

ial T

hank

s

This

pray

er g

uide

is a

gift

to C

hrist

’s bo

dy

thro

ugh

the

colla

bora

tion

of th

ese

and

othe

r org

aniza

tions

and

indi

vidu

als:

• 2

4:14

Coa

litio

n • 2

4:14

Inhe

rit th

e Na

tions

• E

thnê

Mov

emen

t • F

ello

wsh

ip o

f Pra

yer S

trat

egist

s • F

ront

ier V

entu

res

• Glo

bal P

raye

r Dig

est

• Int

erna

tiona

l Ora

lity

Netw

ork

• Int

erna

tiona

l Pra

yer C

onne

ct

• Int

erna

tiona

l Pra

yer C

ounc

il • J

oshu

a Pr

ojec

t • L

ight

of t

he W

orld

Pra

yer C

ente

r • M

issio

n Ne

twor

k/M

ultM

ove.

net

• Tel

os F

ello

wsh

ip

• The

See

d Co

mpa

ny/P

ray

for Z

ero

• oth

ers.

Upda

ted:

Aug

ust 1

7, 2

018

Visit

go3

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g fo

r the

mos

t cur

rent

: e

lect

roni

c cop

ies (

Engl

ish/S

pani

sh),

prin

tabl

e co

pies

(Eng

lish/

Span

ish),

and

qua

ntiti

es fo

r you

r gro

up o

r eve

nt.

39

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The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Therefore, beseech the Lord of the

harvest to send out workers into His

harvest. Matt 9:37-38

2 Who

are

the

31 La

rges

t Fro

ntie

r Peo

ple

Grou

ps?

One

four

th o

f the

wor

ld li

ves i

n ch

alle

ngin

g Fr

ontie

r Peo

ple

Grou

ps

(FPG

s—le

ss th

an 0

.1%

Chr

istia

n of

any

kin

d). H

alf t

he p

opul

atio

n of

all

FPGs

live

in th

e 31

larg

est F

PGs (

liste

d in

this

book

let).

FPG

s are

a su

bset

of

Unr

each

ed P

eopl

e Gr

oups

(UPG

s, le

ss th

an 2

% E

vang

elica

l and

less

th

an 5

% C

hrist

ian

of a

ll ki

nds)

.

Why

are

Mov

emen

ts n

eces

sary

am

ong

FPGs

? Fr

ontie

r Peo

ple

Grou

ps p

erce

ive

Chris

tiani

ty a

s a fo

reig

n in

fluen

ce th

at

thre

aten

s the

ir fa

milie

s and

com

mun

ities

. Chu

rch

plan

ting

met

hods

that

w

itnes

s to

indi

vidu

als a

nd p

ull t

hem

out

of t

heir

fam

ilies r

einf

orce

s the

se

fear

s. FP

Gs a

re b

est r

each

ed th

roug

h Je

sus m

ovem

ents

, whi

ch b

ring

God’

s bl

essin

g in

way

s tha

t hea

l and

stre

ngth

en fa

milie

s and

com

mun

ities

.

How

neg

lect

ed a

re F

ront

ier P

eopl

e Gr

oups

? Th

e va

st m

ajor

ity o

f miss

ion

pray

er, g

ivin

g an

d la

bore

rs fo

cuse

s on

stre

ngth

enin

g Ch

ristia

ns w

here

Chr

istia

ns a

re a

lread

y pr

esen

t. O

nly

a sm

all p

erce

ntag

e of

miss

ion

pray

er a

nd o

ther

reso

urce

s go

to U

PGs a

t al

l, an

d on

ly a

tiny

frac

tion

of th

is go

es to

FPG

s—th

e qu

arte

r of t

he

wor

ld w

here

faith

in Je

sus i

s stil

l tot

ally

fore

ign.

Why

pra

y fo

r the

se 3

1 La

rges

t Fro

ntie

r Peo

ple

Grou

ps?

As G

od a

nsw

ers o

ur p

raye

rs fo

r mov

emen

ts in

whi

ch th

e fa

mili

es o

f th

ese

FPGs

rece

ive

God’

s ble

ssin

g in

Jesu

s, th

ese

larg

est F

PGs w

ill in

turn

in

fluen

ce m

any

smal

ler F

PGs t

o w

elco

me

God’

s ble

ssin

g.

Whe

re ca

n I L

earn

Mor

e?

Josh

ua P

roje

ct (J

oshu

aPro

ject

.net

) is a

colla

bora

tive

rese

arch

hub

, he

lpin

g to

def

ine

the

unfin

ished

por

tion

of th

e Gr

eat C

omm

issio

n by

hi

ghlig

htin

g th

e le

ast-r

each

ed p

eopl

e gr

oups

of t

he w

orld

.

How

can

I Get

Invo

lved

? Le

arn

how

to b

ecom

e an

adv

ocat

e (p

ray

cons

isten

tly) f

or o

ne o

f the

se

31 F

PGs,

or fo

r one

of t

he o

ther

larg

e, m

ost i

nflu

entia

l FPG

s (se

e in

side

back

cove

r). A

sk G

od to

mak

e th

is FP

G yo

ur in

herit

ance

(Ps 2

), an

d fo

llow

His

lead

ing.

Join

the

com

mun

ity a

t Mul

tMov

e.ne

t/jo

in-g

cc to

w

ork

with

oth

ers t

owar

d Je

sus m

ovem

ents

mul

tiply

ing

God’

s ble

ssin

g w

ithin

you

r FPG

. App

ly a

t Inh

erit

the

Natio

ns to

conn

ect y

our p

raye

r te

am w

ith a

fiel

d te

am in

you

r peo

ple:

Inh

eritT

heNa

tions

.net

3

Can

MY

Pray

ers m

ake

a Di

ffere

nce?

Ju

st a

s pra

yer p

rece

ded

Pent

ecos

t, m

ost m

issio

n br

eakt

hrou

ghs

thro

ugho

ut h

istor

y ha

ve re

sulte

d fro

m p

reva

iling

pra

yer i

n th

e

pow

er o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Robe

rt G

love

r sum

mar

izes t

he ro

le o

f pra

yer i

n th

e hi

stor

y of

miss

ions

:

From

Pen

teco

st a

nd th

e Ap

ostle

Pau

l, rig

ht d

own

thro

ugh

the

cent

urie

s to

the

pres

ent d

ay, t

he st

ory

of m

issio

ns h

as b

een

the

stor

y of

ans

wer

ed p

raye

r. Ev

ery

fresh

out

brea

k of

miss

iona

ry

ener

gy h

as b

een

the

resu

lt of

bel

ievi

ng p

raye

r. Ev

ery

new

m

issio

nary

und

erta

king

that

has

bee

n ow

ned

and

bles

sed

of G

od

has b

een

the

germ

inat

ing

of se

ed p

lant

ed b

y th

e di

vine

spiri

t in

the

hear

ts o

f pra

ying

sain

ts.

In P

s 2:8

, the

Lord

invi

tes u

s: “A

sk o

f me

and

I will

mak

e th

e pe

ople

s yo

ur in

herit

ance

and

the

ends

of t

he e

arth

you

r pos

sess

ion.

” Al

l we

can

take

with

us i

nto

eter

nity

as o

ur in

herit

ance

are

oth

er p

eopl

e, w

ho

beco

me

part

of H

is et

erna

l fam

ily. O

ur jo

y and

crow

n, ju

st a

s for

the

grea

t Ap

ostle

Pau

l, will

be th

ose

who

com

e to

Chr

ist th

roug

h ou

r effo

rts.

One

of t

he m

ost s

trat

egic

thin

gs w

e ca

n do

to a

dvan

ce G

od’s

King

dom

on

ear

th is

to p

ersis

tent

ly p

ray

for t

he F

ront

ier P

eopl

e Gr

oups

that

hav

e no

mov

emen

ts to

Chr

ist y

et, a

nd n

o br

eakt

hrou

gh o

f God

’s bl

essin

g fo

r th

eir f

amili

es. S

o w

e ur

ge y

ou to

form

a p

raye

r tea

m to

“ado

pt”

one

or

mor

e of

thes

e 31

larg

est F

ront

ier P

eopl

e Gr

oups

.

A qu

arte

r of t

he w

orld

’s pe

ople

live

in

Fron

tier P

eopl

e Gr

oups

, with

virt

ually

no

belie

vers

, and

no

evid

ent m

ovem

ent t

o Je

sus b

ringi

ng G

od’s

prom

ised

bles

sing

to fa

mili

es. H

alf o

f thi

s pop

ulat

ion

lives

in

just

the

31 la

rges

t Fro

ntie

r Peo

ple

Grou

ps (l

isted

in th

is bo

okle

t).

38

The

404

Larg

est F

PGs (

over

500

,000

in p

opul

atio

n)

One

qua

rter

of t

he w

orld

live

s in

Fron

tier P

eopl

e Gr

oups

—w

ith v

irtua

lly n

o ac

cess

to th

e Go

spel

! The

31

Larg

est F

PGs h

ighl

ight

ed in

this

pray

er g

uide

(o

ver 1

0 m

illio

n in

size

), co

ntai

n ne

arly

hal

f the

pop

ulat

ion

of a

ll FP

Gs.

We

can

cove

r 90%

of t

he p

opul

atio

n of

all

FPGs

by

focu

sing

pray

er o

n th

e 40

0 in

fluen

tial F

ront

ier P

eopl

e Gr

oups

ove

r 500

,000

in si

ze (s

ee m

ap).

Lear

n m

ore

at M

ultM

ove.

net/

join

-gcc

Fo

r eve

ry 5

00,0

00 p

eopl

e in

eac

h of

thes

e FP

Gs, p

ray

for a

t lea

st:

• on

e pr

ayer

team

to a

dopt

that

peo

ple

grou

p, a

nd

• on

e en

gage

men

t tea

m to

go.

24

:14

Inhe

rit th

e Na

tions

invi

tes p

raye

r com

mun

ities

and

fie

ld te

ams t

o pa

rtne

r tog

ethe

r to

focu

s on

a sp

ecifi

c “F

ront

ier P

eopl

e Gr

oup”

: Inh

eritT

heNa

tions

.net

God

is ac

cele

ratin

g th

e ad

vanc

e of

His

glob

al p

urpo

se th

roug

h pr

ayer

. In

Aug

ust 1

727,

Mor

avia

n re

fuge

es in

Her

rnhu

t, Ge

rman

y ex

perie

nced

a

“sec

ond

Pent

ecos

t” th

at la

unch

ed a

100

-yea

r, ro

und-

the-

clock

pra

yer

wat

ch th

at se

nt h

undr

eds o

f Mor

avia

ns a

s miss

iona

ries a

nd fu

eled

the

birt

h of

the

Prot

esta

nt m

issio

n ef

fort

s glo

bally

. In

May

201

7, g

loba

l pra

yer n

etw

ork

lead

ers m

et w

ith m

issio

n le

ader

s on

this

sam

e sp

ot in

Her

rnhu

t to

laun

ch a

new

pra

yer e

ffort

for J

esus

m

ovem

ents

am

ong

ever

y re

mai

ning

unr

each

ed p

eopl

e gr

oup

(see

vim

eo.c

om/2

4473

9881

). W

ithin

mon

ths,

the

glob

al 2

4:14

Coa

litio

n ha

d fo

rmed

with

a

bold

visi

on, b

y pr

ayer

and

the

Holy

Spi

rit’s

empo

wer

ing,

for

glob

al co

llabo

ratio

n to

star

t mov

emen

ts in

eve

ry u

nrea

ched

pe

ople

and

pla

ce b

y 20

25” (

2414

Now

.net

). To

hel

p yo

u un

ders

tand

the

24:1

4 vi

sion

and

how

God

is b

less

ing

fam

ilies

th

roug

h m

ovem

ents

, we

wan

t to

offe

r you

a fr

ee co

py o

f tw

o bo

oks:

•

Hast

enin

g is

a th

rille

r nov

el (p

ublis

hed

two

year

s bef

ore

the

24:1

4 Co

aliti

on fo

rmed

) in

whi

ch a

gen

erat

ion

is gr

ippe

d w

ith a

vi

sion

for m

ovem

ents

am

ong

ever

y pe

ople

by

2025

. To

requ

est

your

free

copy

, ent

er “T

he31

” and

“The

31@

Mul

tMov

e.ne

t” a

s yo

ur “g

ener

ous f

riend

” at N

PL20

25.o

rg/c

laim

-you

r-cop

y •

Stub

born

Per

seve

ranc

e is

the

fictio

naliz

ed st

ory

of a

mov

emen

t ba

sed

on re

al e

vent

s. To

requ

est y

our f

ree

copy

, ent

er “T

he31

” an

d “T

he31

@M

ultM

ove.

net”

as y

our “

gene

rous

frie

nd” a

t St

ubbo

rnPe

rsev

eran

ce.o

rg/c

laim

-you

r-cop

y

4 Pray

for a

ll UP

Gs a

nd F

ront

ier P

eopl

e Gr

oups

glo

bally

: •

Pray

for G

od to

pou

r out

His

Holy

Spi

rit fo

r eve

ry U

nrea

ched

Peo

ple

Grou

p to

hav

e a

mov

emen

t to

Chris

t by

2025

. Pra

y th

at H

e w

ill ra

ise u

p m

any

pray

er te

ams t

o “a

dopt

” eac

h of

thes

e 31

larg

est F

PGs,

pray

ing

until

the

bles

sing

of k

now

ing

Jesu

s is s

prea

ding

rapi

dly

from

fam

ily to

fa

mily

(Ps 2

:8, J

ames

4:2

b).

• Pr

ay th

at G

od w

ill ca

use

the

reve

latio

n of

His

love

and

His

Wor

d to

run

swift

ly a

cros

s the

ear

th u

ntil

He is

hon

ored

and

wor

ship

ed b

y al

l pe

ople

s, in

cludi

ng O

ral a

nd B

ible

less

Peo

ples

. Pra

y th

at H

e w

ill e

xalt

His

Wor

d am

ong

ever

y UP

G th

roug

h Bi

ble

Tran

slatio

n an

d O

ralit

y m

ovem

ents

by

2025

(2 T

h 3:

1; E

ph 4

:16)

.

For T

eam

s Ado

ptin

g Sp

ecifi

c Lar

ger F

PGs:

•

Pray

for G

od to

brin

g fo

rth

His b

less

ing—

stre

ngth

enin

g an

d he

alin

g fa

mili

es a

nd co

mm

uniti

es w

ithin

you

r ado

pted

peo

ple

grou

p. A

sk G

od

to ca

use

His a

bund

ant l

ife a

nd lo

ve th

roug

h Je

sus t

o be

wid

ely

embr

aced

by

the

fam

ilies

and

clan

s of y

our g

roup

(Gen

12:

5, 2

8:14

; Ac

ts 3

:25,

10:

43).

• Pr

ay th

at G

od w

ill o

vert

hrow

the

spiri

tual

forc

es o

f dar

knes

s tha

t op

pose

the

spre

ad o

f His

Gosp

el, a

nd se

nd H

is pe

ople

to b

less

and

ov

erco

me

suffe

ring

and

evil

in H

is na

me.

Ask

God

to d

eliv

er th

e fa

mili

es a

nd co

mm

uniti

es in

you

r ado

pted

FPG

from

any

fear

s tha

t hi

nder

them

from

em

brac

ing

His b

less

ing.

Ask

the

Holy

Spi

rit to

repl

ace

fear

with

love

, pow

er, a

nd se

lf-di

scip

line,

as G

od’s

bles

sing

flow

s fro

m

fam

ily to

fam

ily (R

om 1

2:21

, Gen

3:1

0, Is

25:

7, II

Tim

1:7

). •

Pray

for G

od to

pou

r out

His

bles

sing

on th

e re

ligio

us a

nd se

cula

r le

ader

s of y

our a

dopt

ed F

ront

ier P

eopl

e Gr

oup.

Ask

Him

to b

less

the

fam

ilies

of t

hese

lead

ers,

and

insp

ire w

hole

com

mun

ities

to w

elco

me

salv

atio

n th

roug

h fa

ith in

Jesu

s (I T

im 2

:1-5

). •

Pray

for t

he H

oly

Spiri

t to

lead

the

peop

le o

f you

r ado

pted

Fro

ntie

r Pe

ople

Gro

up to

love

His

Wor

d an

d sp

read

its i

nflu

ence

, so

that

you

r ad

opte

d pe

ople

gro

up w

ill lo

ve H

im w

ith th

eir w

hole

bei

ng a

nd w

alk

in

His w

ays (

Acts

6:7

, 12:

24, 1

9:20

, Mk

12:2

9-31

). •

Pray

for G

od to

pou

r out

His

Holy

Spi

rit in

ano

intin

g th

e fa

mili

es o

f you

r ad

opte

d Fr

ontie

r Peo

ple

Grou

p, e

spec

ially

the

child

ren

and

yout

h. B

eg

(deo

mai

) God

to ra

ise u

p an

d se

nd o

ut (e

kbal

lo) a

new

gen

erat

ion

of

fruitf

ul, m

ultip

lyin

g w

itnes

ses w

ithin

you

r ado

pted

peo

ple

grou

p (M

t 9:

37–3

8, Lk

10:

2).

The

Impo

rtan

ce o

f God

’s W

ord

In e

very

mov

emen

t, th

e Bi

ble

is th

e ce

ntra

l aut

horit

y fo

r bel

ieve

rs a

nd

chur

ches

. Eve

n in

non

-lite

rate

cultu

res,

whe

re th

e Bi

ble

is sh

ared

th

roug

h or

al st

oryt

ellin

g, th

e Bi

ble

guid

es d

octr

ine

and

prac

tice.

Fa

ith co

mes

by

hear

ing

God’

s Wor

d; tr

ansf

orm

atio

n co

mes

in a

pply

ing

it th

roug

h ob

edie

nce.

Eve

ry p

erso

n ha

s the

righ

t to

have

the

Wor

d of

God

in

thei

r ow

n he

art l

angu

age,

in a

form

they

can

unde

rsta

nd a

nd a

pply

. Go

d’s W

ord

was

conv

eyed

ora

lly b

efor

e it

was

com

mitt

ed to

writ

ing.

Jesu

s us

ed st

orie

s in

His t

each

ing.

In o

ral s

ocie

ties,

the

Old

Test

amen

t is c

ritica

l fo

r rev

ealin

g the

blo

odlin

e of

Jesu

s fro

m th

e be

ginn

ing o

f God

’s st

ory.

Th

e 31

FPG

s are

prim

arily

ora

l com

mun

icato

rs. F

or su

ch p

eopl

es, O

ral

Scrip

ture

in th

e he

art l

angu

age

is es

sent

ial f

or th

e Go

spel

to b

e fu

lly

hear

d, u

nder

stoo

d, a

nd re

ceiv

ed, a

nd fo

r hea

rt tr

ansf

orm

atio

n to

occ

ur.

Scrip

ture

Ava

ilabi

lity

amon

g th

e 31

Larg

est F

PGs

• 7

Peop

le G

roup

s hav

e NO

Ful

l Com

plet

e Bi

ble

avai

labl

e: U

yghu

r in

Chin

a; A

rain

, Jat

, Pas

htun

, Raj

put,

and

Shai

kh in

Pak

istan

; Nor

ther

n Ye

men

i in

Yem

en (T

hese

7 a

re Is

lam

ic, a

nd p

rimar

ily O

ral

Com

mun

icato

rs b

y so

ciety

and

cultu

re. W

hile

6 o

f the

7 h

ave

Writ

ten

Scrip

ture

(WS)

, Uyg

hur i

n Ch

ina

only

has

the

New

Tes

tam

ent.)

•

6 Pe

ople

Gro

ups h

ave

NO O

ral S

crip

ture

s (O

S) in

thei

r hea

rt la

ngua

ge:

Arai

n, Ja

t, Pa

shtu

n, R

ajpu

t, Sh

aikh

in P

akist

an; N

orth

ern

Yem

eni in

Yem

en

• 2

Peop

le G

roup

s hav

e NO

Ful

l Writ

ten

Scrip

ture

(WS)

: Uyg

hur i

n Ch

ina;

No

rthe

rn Y

emen

i in

Yem

en

• 1

Peop

le G

roup

—No

rthe

rn Y

emen

i in

Yem

en—

is w

ithou

t dire

ct a

cces

s to

the

Scrip

ture

in th

eir h

eart

lang

uage

or m

othe

r ton

gue:

NO

Writ

ten

Scrip

ture

, NO

Ora

l Scr

iptu

re, N

O Je

sus F

ilm.

Pray

for G

od’s

Wor

d to

reac

h ev

ery

peop

le g

roup

in th

eir o

wn

hear

t la

ngua

ge, a

nd to

spre

ad ra

pidl

y an

d be

hon

ored

by

all.

Pray

that

thos

e w

ho

rece

ive

God’

s Wor

d w

ill b

ase

thei

r liv

es o

n Je

sus a

nd H

is W

ord,

bei

ng

obed

ient

doe

rs, n

ot fo

rget

ful h

eare

rs.

Visit

pra

yfor

zero

.thes

eedc

ompa

ny.o

rg to

lear

n m

ore

“For

the

wor

d of

God

is li

ving

and

act

ive,

shar

per t

han

any

doub

le-e

dged

swor

d, p

ierc

ing

until

it d

ivid

es so

ul

and

spiri

t, jo

ints

and

mar

row

, as i

t jud

ges t

he

thou

ghts

and

pur

pose

s of t

he h

eart

.” H

eb 4

:12

5

Fron

tier P

eopl

es o

ver 1

0,00

0,00

0 so

rted

by

Regi

on th

en P

eopl

e na

me

then

Cou

ntry

Wes

t and

Cen

tral

Afri

ca

Sout

h As

ia

Sout

h As

ia

1 ●

Haus

a in

Nig

er

10 ●

Ansa

ri in

Indi

a 22

● N

ai (H

indu

) in

Indi

a

2 ●

Haus

a in

Nig

eria

11

● Ar

ain

(Mus

lim) i

n Pa

kist

an

23 ●

Pash

tun

in In

dia

Mid

dle

East

and

Nor

th A

frica

12

● Ba

nia

in In

dia

24 ●

Pash

tun

in P

akist

an

3 ●

Arab

, Mor

occa

n in

Mor

occo

13

● Br

ahm

in in

Indi

a 25

● Ra

jput

(Hin

du) i

n In

dia

4 ●

Yem

eni (

Nort

hern

) in

Yem

en

14 ●

Dho

bi (H

indu

) in

Indi

a 26

● Ra

jput

(Mus

lim) i

n Pa

kist

an

Cent

ral A

sia

15 ●

Jat (

Hind

u) in

Indi

a 27

● Sh

aikh

in B

angl

ades

h

5 ●

Azer

baija

ni, A

zeri

Turk

in Ir

an

16 ●

Jat (

Mus

lim) i

n Pa

kist

an

28 ●

Shai

kh in

Indi

a

6 ●

Turk

in T

urke

y 17

● Ka

pu in

Indi

a 29

● Sh

aikh

in P

akist

an

7 ●

Uzbe

k (N

orth

ern)

in U

zbek

istan

18

● Ku

mha

r (Hi

ndu)

in In

dia

30 ●

Teli

(Hin

du) i

n In

dia

Nort

heas

t Asia

19

● Ku

nbi (

Hind

u) in

Indi

a 31

● Ya

dav

(Hin

du) i

n In

dia

8 ●

Hui i

n Ch

ina

20 ●

Kurm

i (Hi

ndu)

in In

dia

9 ●

Uygh

ur in

Chi

na

21 ●

Mah

ratta

in In

dia

Furt

her r

esea

rch

may

reve

al th

at so

me

or a

ll of

thes

e pe

ople

gro

ups a

re a

ctua

lly

seve

ral r

elat

ed b

ut d

istin

ct p

eopl

e gr

oups

, eac

h ne

edin

g on

e or

mor

e m

ovem

ents

.

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map

and

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ple

grou

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