Unreached People Groups (Tuesday Morning Missions)

Today, and everyday, I want to encourage everyone to take time to pray for unreached people groups.  I read an article in the July 2010 edition of Prayer Points which encouraged me to pray more for these people groups and for those missionaries who God uses or will use to reach these groups.  I wanted to share a brief story out of the newsletter:

 “There are no churches and no believers on one small island off the coast of Indonesia.  They are fiercely proud of their Muslim identity and adherence to Islamic law.  A believer sat with a group of men outside a mosque as an announcement was made over a bull horn.  The imam (mosque leader) said, ‘On this island Islamic law is, and it shall always be.’  All the villagers burst into cheers.  One of the men turned to Peter [name changed] and said, ‘We don’t know till we die if we will go to heaven.’  He paused a moment and then continued, ‘I know a little about your faith.  You believe that Isa (the Arabic name for Jesus) knows the way to heaven and that He will take you there when you die.’”

While the story concluded with the Muslim man inquiring into who Jesus is, the main idea of the story is that this man was open to discuss the Gospel in a completely unreached land.  This particular newsletter focused on Southeast Asian unreached people groups which are estimated to be 52 and in upwards of 5 million people.  While we should be praying for everyone, sometimes these people groups pass through the world unnoticed and so I encourage you to have your students pray specifically for unreached people groups. 

For specific group names and information see: www.prayerthreads.imb.org or http://www.joshuaproject.net/