REDIRECTING MEMBERS OF SHORT-TERM MISSION TO UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS

Abstract

One crucial and fascinating but often-overlooked aspect of taking the Gospel to the remaining Unreached People Groups of the world is how new missionaries choose their countries of service.In 1983, when we first read that there were only about 85,000 missionaries serving in the world, we were shocked. Still, we felt sure about one thing: We need more missionaries.[i] As Justin Long stated recently in Momentum Magazine, “Reaching the unreached is a challenging task, but our primary problem is not the cultural, economic, logistical or political barriers we face. It is more simple: we lack sufficient manpower.”[ii]