The organization names various Jewish and Hasidic groups in a listing of the most significant
unreached people group communities in Metro NY.
The father had explained their mission in his blog: "The Japanese people are either the largest or second largest
unreached people group on earth .
"The reality is that those in the workplace are often the most
unreached people group in our lives," he said.
Given the opportunity, they often choose to live in capital cities (or in another country), rather than in the midst of their
unreached people group, as did their predecessors.
Because the book's core assumptions are shaped by the
Unreached People Group (UPG) and burgeoning "Diaspora Missiology" perspectives, its data and methodology need to be understood in that light.
Fred Klett of the Presbyterian Church of America, a Gentile missionary among the Jewish people and a church planter, put it this way: The Jewish people are an
unreached people group who need the Good News proclaimed to them, regardless of one's eschatological position.
Therefore for Winter the AD 2000 goal is to plant a church in every
unreached people group, not to guarantee a presentation of the Gospel to every person.
In the church, pastors generally feel that "mission" encompasses outreach to all people groups; missionaries, however, consider that mission is specific to the apostolic function, namely, reaching out with the Gospel where no one has gone before--to
unreached people groups (UPGs).
Williams had travelled to Cyprus as part of an evangelical movement called Team Expansion, which aims to "to plant indigenous churches among
unreached people groups worldwide."
It should be said, however, that evangelical missiology has also dealt with many other issues, such as
unreached people groups (reminding the church of the continuing geographical aspect of the great commission), gospel and culture, the role of the Holy Spirit, the character of conversion, the demonic and spiritual conflict in mission, and other issues.
South Korea presently sends 34 percent of its missionaries to
unreached people groups, and many of the missionaries go directly from churches and receive no support from denominational agencies.
Cross-Cultural Church Planting for Probies: Envisioning and Lacilitating Holistic Church Planting among
Unreached People Groups from Preparation to Closure.
