People from every language, nation, and tribe deserve to know about the God who sees them, knows them, and loves them completely.

In summary, it is that, from the beginning, God has intended and desired to be in relationship with humankind. He delights in us and wishes us to delight in and trust Him and His ways. He is the author and center of all life. Life works best with Him at the center because He is Life itself. As humans, we consistently place ourselves at the center of life, and when we do that, we experience death in every possible way. God has communicated His longing to make us whole and right and alive again all throughout history. First, through prophets, kings and judges. Then, through sending Jesus, God himself, veiled in human flesh. Jesus was the ultimate and complete fulfillment of right-ness, wholeness, and eternal life. He accomplished all these things for us by taking on our rebellion and its effects and crucifying them on the cross. He then rose from the dead, sharing with all peoples, the hope of new and everlasting life. Those who trust in the work of Jesus and call on Him for salvation, are restored with God, themselves, others and all creation once again. Relationship with God transforms us into a new kind of human, one that is resurrected and fully alive, now and forever!

Matthew 28:18-20

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

A region of the world between 10 and 40 degrees north latitude, covering areas across Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Asia where the greatest numbers of unreached and unengaged people groups reside (approximately 69.7%).

Unreached and unengaged people groups exist all over the world and are categorized as such because they do not have access to the Good News of Jesus Christ due to formidable barriers. Political, spiritual, developmental, social, and economic barriers to the Gospel are common issues in these areas. Oftentimes, if a church does exist, persecution, poverty and geographic isolation are harsh realities.

Despite Christ’s call to “Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature,” less than 2% of missional resources and approximately 3% of cross-cultural workers go to serve among unreached people groups. In other words, only a minimal number of Christians (and resources) are going to areas with the greatest need.

In short, a lot! From Genesis to Revelation, God countlessly reveals His desire for us to first be reconciled to Him and then become ministers of reconciliation on behalf of others.

Here are SOME of many biblical references:

Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations I will be exalted in the earth. (Ps. 46:10)

“Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!“ (Ps. 67:5)

“Declare His glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.” (Ps. 96:3)

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.” (Hab. 2:14)

“I am the Lord; that is my name, my glory I give to no other.” (Isa. 42:8)

“Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength, ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.” (1 Chron. 16:28-29)

“Behold, a great multitude that no one could number from every nation, from all tribes, peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb…crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” (Rev. 7:9-10)