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THE CHALLENGE OF “FINISHING THE TASK” Who Isn’t Being Reached?. CALL 2 ALL CONGRESS. THE CALL 2 ALL OBJECTIVE. To Find Out Where the Church is NOT And Decide What We Are Going to do About It. THE BIBLICAL PROMISES. The Gospel Will be Preached Everywhere - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE CHALLENGE OF
“FINISHING THE TASK”
Who Isn’t Being Reached?
CALL2ALL CONGRESS
To Find Out Where the Church is NOT
And
Decide What We Are Going to do About It
THE CALL2ALL OBJECTIVE
THE BIBLICAL PROMISES
The Gospel Will be Preached Everywhere
“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the
nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14
All Peoples Will Hear
“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could
count; from every nation, tribe, people and language…”
Revelation 7:9
THE DEFINITIONS
1974
People-Group Thinking Introduced by Ralph Winter
Recent Refinements Now Center on
UNENGAGED,
Unreached
People Groups
What are UNENGAGED Groups?
Answer: Groups without Access to the Gospel
Characteristics: No Scripture No Missionary No Church No Known Believers
THE PROGRESS IN REACHING GROUPS SINCE 1974
12,000 Ethnolinguistic Groups - 6,000 “Reached” – 2% Believers 6,000 -3,000 Church Planting Currently
Underway 3,000 Unengaged Groups STILL
UNREACHED
How much longer will we wait?How much longer will we wait?
NETWORK UPDATE
In the last 6 years…
981 Groups Involved
236 Groups have already sent workers
7,545 Full-time workers sent
764 Different unreached groups engaged
15,088 New churches planted
798,507 Believers reported
THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Million People in Groups Without Access to the Gospel
2,415
Groups less than 40,000 = 23 mi
+ 538 Groups over 40,000 =231
mi
2,953 UUPGs =
254 mimi
254
Why Haven’t These Groups Been Reached?
They are in the most remote, difficult places
Heavy opposition from non-Christian radicals
Why Haven’t These Groups Been Reached?
Mission boards have no more people to send
Nobody willing to try
Why Haven’t These Groups Been Reached?
No awareness Fear of failure Assumption that
someone else will do it someone else will do it
SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
A NEW PERSPECTIVE
#1 -- We Need to Repent
#2 – We Need a New Vision With Eyes of Faith
“Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
“Without faith, it is impossible to please God.”
Hebrews 11:6
We usually say,“I’ve got to see it to believe it.”
We need to say,“I’ve got to believe it to see it.”
Moses would never have led the children out of Egypt if he had
had to solve the problem of the Red
Sea first.
#3 -- We Need God’s Solution
It is our job to make the decision.
It is God’s job to solve the problem.
#4 – Don’t limit your vision to what you can humanly accomplish
#5 -- We Need to Anticipate Opposition
A LOOK AT THE LIST
Updates Available Electronically at www.finishingthetask.com
The Column Explanation and Resources Available
A LOOK AT THE LIST
FTT #
COUNTRY
PEOPLEPOPULATI
ONLANGUAGE
RELIGION WS OS J R G C B
WN
WC
5 AlgeriaBedouin, Chamba
114,130(tzm)
Tamazight, Central Atlas
Islam Y N Y Y Y N Y 2 0
The Colors Showing Progress
The Totals
As of 13 Aug 2012 Color Denotes Progress in Evangelism and Church Planting
125 White Remaining to be Engaged
337 Blue Adopted but no Engagement; Full-time workers still needed
76 Green Workers engaging group from international churches, missionaries, or near neighbor believers
The Research
No research is perfect
There may be errors
Submit your corrections on the update form
A LOOK AT THE LIST
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
A. What’s the difference between unengaged and unreached groups?
B. Why haven’t these groups been reached?
C. How can you influence your church or organization to help with one or more of these groups?
RESPONSES FROM THE FLOOR
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NEXT STEPS
A. Attend the FTT Workshop
B. Review Your Commitment Card
B. Consider Your Response
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