Unreached Peoples :: Desiring God Christian Resource Library
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4. Conclusion
The implication of this sketch of the biblical picture of the missionary task seems to be that there should be in every church and denomination a group of people (a missions agency or board) who see their unique and primary task
NOT to win as many individuals to Christ as possible before the end comes,
BUT to win some individuals (i.e., plant a church) among all the peoples of the earth before the end comes; NOT to focus merely on the most “fruitful” peoples outside our own culture (and thus win more individuals to Christ),
BUT to press on to more and more unreached people (even if they are less responsive than other more-reached groups).
In other words, the biblical measuring rod for the success of a mission agency is whether it is fulfilling the unique missionary task of the church
NOT primarily by the number and quality of churches planted in other people groups besides its own, BUT primarily by the number of different unreached people groups in which it plants quality churches.
If this is so, then should not every church and denomination and mission agency seek to discover the number of unreached peoples, compare this number to the size of its constituency, and then at least carry its proportionate load of responsibility in reaching specific unreached peoples?
THOUGHTS?
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4. Conclusion
The implication of this sketch of the biblical picture of the missionary task seems to be that there should be in every church and denomination a group of people (a missions agency or board) who see their unique and primary task
NOT to win as many individuals to Christ as possible before the end comes,
BUT to win some individuals (i.e., plant a church) among all the peoples of the earth before the end comes; NOT to focus merely on the most “fruitful” peoples outside our own culture (and thus win more individuals to Christ),
BUT to press on to more and more unreached people (even if they are less responsive than other more-reached groups).
In other words, the biblical measuring rod for the success of a mission agency is whether it is fulfilling the unique missionary task of the church
NOT primarily by the number and quality of churches planted in other people groups besides its own, BUT primarily by the number of different unreached people groups in which it plants quality churches.
If this is so, then should not every church and denomination and mission agency seek to discover the number of unreached peoples, compare this number to the size of its constituency, and then at least carry its proportionate load of responsibility in reaching specific unreached peoples?
THOUGHTS?