How Do We Reach AllPeoples?

That All Peoples May Know Him!

That All Peoples May Know Him!

Churches

Nation

FamiliesUs

Communities

So that we will use His blessings to share the gospel, to disciple new believers and to expand His kingdom.

How do we reach all peoples?

People who share a common language and culture

Transcend nations and states

11,000 worldwide

5,000 people groups are located in the Last Frontier

People groups in our world who have little or no access to the gospel

1.5 billion people

11,000 people groups

After 150 years and 5,000 overseas missionaries

11,000 people groups

After 150 years and 5,000 overseas missionaries

1,500 being reached

1,500 being reached

11,000 people groups

9,500 not being reached

After 150 years and 5,000 overseas missionaries

We cannot continue to do missions the way it has always been done.

Missionaries are encountering amazing movements of God all around the world.

Church-planting movements arechanging the way we do missions.

definition:

rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps like wildfire though a people group or population segment.

Missionaries are praising God for CPMs

1) Usually happen among a common people group

2) Rapid growth

3) Indigenous and lay led

4) Churches are small

5) Bible is central

6) Prayer is vital

CASE STUDY

20 churches/yr.

80 churches

5,000 villages

10 believers

20 churches/yr.

80 churches

5,000 villages

10 believers

3 years - 60 new churches

20 churches/yr.

80 churches

5,000 villages

10 believers

Hundreds of years to reach them!

80 . . .

80 . . . 160 . . .

80 . . . 160 . . . 320 . . .

80 . . . 160 . . . 320 . . . 640

Three and a half years to reach them!

A vision for a church-planting movement!

There are church-planting movements happening all around our world today.

China

India

SE Asia

N. Africa

LatinAmerica

W. Europe

are God’s provision

Through church-planting movements we can reach the world with God’s salvation.

IMB overseas leadership:

e will facilitate the lost coming to saving faith in Jesus Christ by beginning and nurturing church-planting movements among all peoples.

God wants all the peoples of the worldto know and worship Him.

God wants us to join Him.

Missionary appointees and team leaders are being trained to facilitate church planting movements.

The Gospel Among All Peoples!

That All Peoples May Know Him!