The Story of His Glory, by Steven C. Hawthorne. In Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader. 3 rd ed. Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. pp. 34-48. 1999, Pasadena: William Carey Library. Also at www.USCWM.org under resources

Scripture’s Golden Thread, by Robert A. Blincoe. In Vision for the Nations. Rev. Ed. pp. 5-7. 2001. Also at www.USCWM.org under resources

Part 2. God Has Been Fulfilling His Revealed Purpose – Historical Section

The Kingdom Strikes Back: Ten Epochs of Redemptive History, by Ralph D. Winter. In Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader. 3 rd ed. Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. pp. 195-213. 1999, Pasadena: William Carey Library. Also at www.USCWM.org under resources.

Four Men, Three Eras, Two Transitions: Modern Missions, by Ralph D. Winter. In Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader. 3 rd ed. Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. pp. 253-261. 1999, Pasadena: William Carey Library. Also at www.USCWM.org under resources.

“ 2000 Years of Christianity in Asia. ” A brief history of Christianity in Asia. Overseas Missionary Fellowship. http://w.omf.org.uk/content.asp?id=8829

From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya. 2 nd ed., by Ruth Tucker. 2004, Grand Rapids: Zondervan. Order from William Carey Library

(For serious students, the best resource for the history of Christianity in Asia is the following: A History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. I: Beginnings to 1500 and II: 1500-1900, by Samuel Hugh Moffett. 2005, Maryknoll: Orbis Books)

Part 3. God's Focus Today - Unreached People

Definitions

People Group (or People): A significantly large ethnic or sociological grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity for one another. For evangelistic purposes, it is the largest group within which the gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance.

Unreached People (sometimes called "Hidden Peoples"): A people group which has no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to finish evangelizing their community without further outside/cross-cultural assistance.

Unreached People are those that do not have a viable church or fellowship in their culture. Another way of looking at it is that they do not have access to the gospel in a way they can understand and respond to it. There may be geographic proximity to the gospel but without there being a linguistic or cultural form that they can understand or respond to.

Books and Other Resources

Finishing the Task: The Unreached Peoples Challenge, by Ralph D. Winter and Bruce A. Koch. In Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader. 3 rd ed. Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. pp. 509-524. 1999, Pasadena: William Carey Library. Also at www.USCWM.org under resources.

Center for the Study of Global Christianity: http://worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/

For the number of people groups for the year 2000, consider “Globe at a Glance”: http://www.missionfrontiers.org/2000/03/200003.htm

Joshua Project: Lists of the known people groups in the world: http://www.joshuaproject.net

Part 4. God’s Desire for His People - Personal Involvement

This is a short list of some of the best resources for information and involvement.

Resources for prayer

Periodical:

Global Prayer Digest,

On Line: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/

To order a subscription:
Phone: (626) 398-2249 .
E-mail: subscribe-brigada-pubs-globalprayerdiges@XC.Org
Mail: Frontier Fellowship, U.S. Center for World Mission,
1605 Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104-2721

Book:

Operation World. 21 st Century Edition, by Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandyrk . 2001: Paternoster Lifestyle: Carlisle, Cumbria, UK. Available from William Carey Library Publishers: Phone: in the US 1-800-MISSION, Outside of the U.S.: 1-706-554-1594. E-mail: info@wclbooks.com. Web: www.missionbooks.org

Resources for outreach to the unreached in the United States

Book:

reaching the world in OUR OWN backyard, by Rajendra K. Pillai. 2003, Worldbook Press. A simple and understandable handbook to understand and reach out to the different cultures and religions in North America

ISI - International Students, Inc.: An agency assisting believers to engage international students in the U.S.: http://www.isionline.org

Book about becoming a full-time cross-cultural worker

Send Me! Your Journey to the Nations, by Steve Hoke & Bill Taylor. 1999, Pasadena: William Carey Library. A workbook to assist those interested in becoming cross-cultural Christian workers.

A few selected web sites to better understand and engage the unreached

Operation World -http://www.gmi.org/ow/updates/website.html

Joshua Project - http://www.joshuaproject.net/

Short-term Mission Standards - http://STMstandards.org/ or http://www.FSTML.org

People group adoptions:

Adopt-A-People Campaign - http://www.adopt-a-people.org/

Global Adopt-A-People Network (Clearinghouse) -http://www.adoptapeople.org/ or http://www.gaapnet.org/

 

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