There was a time in history when the Bible did not exist in our language, when our people had no access to the Good News about Jesus.

God’s people made an effort to ensure that we had access. Will we share with those who have not yet heard?

Reaching each language with the Gospel will require faith and intentional effort. Throughout history God has chosen to work through willing-hearted people contributing their skills, energy, talents, and passion for His purposes. That’s what we are searching for here. Who will God raise up to accomplish His stated purposes?

Problem: What is so urgent?

  • Perishing. Entire language groups have not heard the Gospel — thousands of languages.
  • Language. No Christian speaks their language. (Faith comes by hearing.)
  • Bible. No Bible exists in the language. (Faith comes by God’s Word.)
  • Untold. No opportunities have been arranged for this generation to hear the Gospel.
  • Asking. People of 100 languages have asked and waited for a missionary.
  • Time. Only our generation of Christians can reach this generation of the lost.
  • Not going. No messengers have been sent to these unreached people groups.

Importance: What is important to God?

  • Language. Every tongue, tribe, people, and nation (ethnos) matters to God. (Revelation 5:9, Psalm 67:2, Luke 24:47)
  • Obedience. Christ commanded His disciples to go into all of the world. (Mark 16:15)
  • Teaching. Jesus told His disciples to teach others “to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” — meaning time on location, specific behavior, and a clear objective.
  • Love. (John 13:35, 14:15; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; 1 Corinthians 9:19; Ephesians 5:2; 1 John)
  • Examples. The example of the Apostles: except James, all died proclaiming Christ away from their home country. James died in Jerusalem. Peter died in Rome. John died in Turkey. Andrew died in Russia. Philip went to North Africa and died in Turkey. Bartholomew may have died in India. Matthew died in Africa. Thomas went to Syria and Iraq, then died in India. James the son of Alphaeus died north of Israel. Simon the Zealot died in Persia. Matthias died near the Caspian Sea. Paul died in Rome.

Objective: What are we working toward?

  • Engage language groups of people with whom no one has shared Christ. (Romans 15:20)
  • Clearly communicate the Gospel in the heart language and culture of the audience. (Nehemiah 8:8, Psalm 119:130, Luke 24:27, Acts 8:30-31)
  • In each ethnic group, preach Christ and baptize. (Matthew 28:18-19)
  • Teach everything, so that people are able to observe or do as Christ commanded. (Matthew 28:20) Establish thriving churches of Christians who are equipped to also establish thriving churches. (2 Timothy 2:2)

Recognition: It’s a team effort, rooted in local churches

  • The local church is God’s primary agent for reaching the world — individuals, under the direction of Biblical leadership, led by the Holy Spirit, in fellowship and community, walking in obedience to God’s word. (1 Corinthians 12)
  • Making disciples who are able to make disciples is a Body function. (Romans 10)
  • Many local churches have sent their missionaries through Ethnos360 to work with teams to establish thriving churches among the least-reached language groups of people.
  • Establishing local churches multiplies the team glorifying God and proclaiming Christ to the world.

Solution: Preparing to reach the unreached

  • Pray for laborers to help bring in the harvest among the untold languages.
  • Inform Christians. There are 155,000+ “Bible-believing” Christians for each untold language group.
  • Cultivate local community culture toward completing the Great Commission among the untold languages.
  • Coordinate. Locate churches who will equip and send people to the least-reached languages.
  • Prepare. Locate, raise, equip, train, send, support, and sustain Christians who are willing to go work until a thriving church is established.
  • Support. For each messenger family, find one hundred families to support, send, and sustain them until the church is planted.
  • Send. Work together to see networks of maturing, thriving churches established.

Opportunities: Resources to prepare people

  • Ethnos360 Representatives — invite a rep to reinforce the Biblical mission and give testimony of what God is doing.
  • Ethnos360 Wayumi — organize group attendance to propagate congregational understanding of the Biblical task.
  • Ethnos360 Bible Institute — preparing students to teach “all things” where they are sent.
  • Ethnos360 Training — sending candidates for career missionary training in walk, methods, tools, and teamwork.

Key Videos

  • Ee-Taow! (24 minutes) — illustrates heart-language communication, cross-cultural ministry, and foundational Bible teaching among the Mouk people.
  • Yembiyembi (30 minutes) — follows a missionary from Pre-Training to phasing out of the cross-cultural church plant, with a completed New Testament Bible translation and indigenous church leadership.

Hebrews 11:6 & 12:2