Reaching the
Strangers Next Door
Reverb Arkansas
September 17, 2015
J. D. Payne
jpayne@brookhills.org
@jd_payne
jdpayne.org
Yemen
3%
232 Million
Acts 17:26-27
Samuel and Young Cho
Countries with the Highest Numbers
of International Migrants, 2013
Country
United States
Russian Federation
Germany
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Australia
Spain
Estimated number of international
migrants, 2013
45,800,000
11,000,000
9,800,000
9,100,000
7,800,000
7,800,000
7,400,000
7,300,000
6,500,000
6,500,000
Global People Groups:
11,000
Unreached People
Groups: 6,800
“Unreached”?
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
2013 Edition
Countries with the Largest
Numbers of UPGs
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Country
India
China
United States
Brazil
Canada
Indonesia
Mexico
UPGs
941
368
361
187
180
177
161
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity
2013 Edition
35,000 Feet
to
15,000 Feet
Top Places of Origin, International
Students in the United States
Rank
Country
2013/14
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
World Total
China
India
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Taiwan
Japan
Vietnam
Mexico
Brazil
886,052
274,439
102,673
68,047
53,919
28,304
21,266
19,334
16,579
14,779
13,286
Percentage of
Total
100
31.0
11.6
7.7
6.1
3.2
2.4
2.2
1.9
1.7
1.5
Starbucks Drinking Saudis
2014 Refugee Arrivals to the U. S.
by Country of Nationality
Iraq
Burma
Somalia
Bhutan
Congo, Democratic Republic
Cuba
Iran
Eritrea
Sudan
Afghanistan
19,651
14,577
9,011
8,316
4,502
4,063
2,833
1,445
1,307
758
Total All Countries
69,986
Mejra
Strategic Plan: R.E.P.S.
Guidelines for
Reaching the
Strangers Next
Door
• Pray, Pray, Pray
• Be intentional
• Learn as you go
• Expect to make
mistakes
• Keep things simple and
highly reproducible
• Avoid paternalism
• Work the
Bridges of God
• Prioritize by
receptivity
• Understand cultural and
generational differences
• Contextualize methods
• Practice evangelism that
results in new churches
Reaching the
Strangers Next Door
Reverb Arkansas
September 17, 2015
J. D. Payne