The Gap
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Many generations have carried the message of the Gospel to the lost.
Many generations have carried the message of the Gospel to the lost.
Early era — Roman era
Post-Constantine — monasteries
Good — Ulfilas felling the oak of Thor
Bad — Charlemagne’s forced conversions
Post-Reformation
Coastlands — Carey
Inlands — Taylor
People groups — Townsend & Winter
Good — De las Casas highly critical of conquistadors, colonial slavery
Bad — colonialism
Promote Through Gates of Splendor
Defining “finished” is difficult, but we know a sizable gap still exists.
Defining “finished” is difficult, but we know a sizable gap still exists.
Mattew 28 & “ethne” + why the finish line is somewhat foggy
UPG — ethno-linguistic group without an indigenous, self-supporting church movement
20%? 2%? more? less?
1/3 still has basically no Gospel access
THUMB (Tribal — Africa/PNG, Hindu — S Asia, Unreligious — East Asia/Europe, Muslim — N Africa/Middle East, Buddhist — SE Asia)
10/40 window
250 million without Scripture
Refugee populations around the world
It makes most sense to send most workers to those places, but they’re difficult.
Tools to pray for the unreached: UPG of the Day App, Pray for the World
There will be one generation that finishes the mission.
There will be one generation that finishes the mission.
The best generations believed they could do it.
“I cannot do everything, but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” — Edward Everett Hale
Verse: Habakkuk 2:14