Unreached people group
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An unreached people group refers to an ethnic group
without an indigenous, self propagating Christian
church movement
. Any ethnic or ethnolinguistic nation without enough Christians to evangelize the rest of the nation is an Unreached People Group. It is a missiological term used by Evangelical Christians.
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization
defines a people group as "the largest group within which the Gospel
can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance."
"Nation" is sometimes used interchangeably for "People Group".
The term is sometimes applied to ethnic groups in which less than 2% of the population is Evangelical Christian.
The Great Commission of Christianity is a Biblical mandate to make Christian disciples in every nation of the world. According to the Biblical books of Matthew, Mark and Luke
, these were the final instructions of Jesus Christ before he ascended into heaven. This is a basic tenet of Evangelical Christianity. Therefore, spreading Christianity to the remaining people groups without access to it is a goal of some adherents of the faith today.
Ethnic group
An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...
without an indigenous, self propagating Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
church movement
Church Movement
Movements in the Catholic Church are groups of church members following a specific spirituality given to them by the founder of their movement. In the case of officially recognized movements, this specificity never finds expression in rejection or overemphasis of certain teachings of the...
. Any ethnic or ethnolinguistic nation without enough Christians to evangelize the rest of the nation is an Unreached People Group. It is a missiological term used by Evangelical Christians.
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, abbreviated LCWE, is an Evangelical Christian movement that grew out of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization and promotes active worldwide evangelism. LCWE is also known as The Lausanne Movement...
defines a people group as "the largest group within which the Gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance."
"Nation" is sometimes used interchangeably for "People Group".
The term is sometimes applied to ethnic groups in which less than 2% of the population is Evangelical Christian.
The Great Commission of Christianity is a Biblical mandate to make Christian disciples in every nation of the world. According to the Biblical books of Matthew, Mark and Luke
Four Evangelists
In Christian tradition the Four Evangelists are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the authors attributed with the creation of the four Gospel accounts in the New Testament that bear the following titles:*Gospel according to Matthew*Gospel according to Mark...
, these were the final instructions of Jesus Christ before he ascended into heaven. This is a basic tenet of Evangelical Christianity. Therefore, spreading Christianity to the remaining people groups without access to it is a goal of some adherents of the faith today.
External links
- http://www.joshuaproject.net/definitions.php
- http://www.121cc.com/am_cms_media/people-groups.pdf
- http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/november/1.44.html?start=4
- http://www.peoplegroups.org/faqs.aspx#UnrchPG
- http://www.lausanne.org