CALL2ALL CONGRESS
THE CHALLENGE OF
“FINISHING THE TASK”
Who Isn’t Being Reached?
THE CALL2ALL 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
“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?
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
254 Million People in Groups Without
Access to the Gospel
2,415 Groups less than 40,000
+
538 Groups over 40,000
2,953 UUPGs
=
23 mi
= 231 mi
= 254 mi
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
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.”
#3 --We Need God’s Solution
Moses would never have
led the children out of
Egypt if he had had to
solve the problem of the
Red Sea first.
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
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A LOOK AT THE LIST
The Column Explanation and Resources Available
FTT #
COUNTRY
PEOPLE
POPULATION
LANGUAGE
RELIGION
WS
OS
J
R
G
C
B WN WC
5
Algeria
Bedouin,
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
Workers engaging group from international churches,
missionaries, or near neighbor believers
Green
A LOOK AT THE LIST
The Research
No research is perfect
There may be errors
Submit your corrections on the update form
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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