On Sunday, Christian evangelical group, Alliance for the Unreached called on churches, media outlets, and believers around the world to come together to reach out to those who have never heard the Gospel.
Through June 4, designated as the International Day for the Unreached, Alliance for the Unreached hopes the initiative will “educate, inspire and motivate believers to take a stand on behalf of those who have yet to hear the Good News.”
“With more than 2 billion people ( 28 percent of the world’s population) who haven’t had a chance to meet Jesus, it’s time … to take a radical stand and say this has to end in our generation,” said Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback church in California, according to CBN.
“Jesus told his earliest followers to pray for more workers to go into the harvest field, and we hope that many thousands will join us in doing that on June 4,” Wayne Pederson, chairman of the Alliance for the Unreached said in a statement.
“So many unreached people groups across the globe are still waiting to hear the good news of the Gospel. We want as many people as possible to experience the privilege of responding to their need.” He added.
Pederson’s group organised a virtual “Upper Room” gathering hosting a “Facebook LIVE for the Unreached!” yesterday at 7:00PM ET.
The event hosted at ‘dayfortheunreached‘ on Facebook, featured a message by David Platt, author and president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Missions Board, plus music from Christian recording artist Phil Stacey.
The group says in a press release that “while there is support for missions work in many countries, currently only 5 percent of missionaries are serving among the world’s least evangelized.
“And their efforts receive only 0.5 percent of American evangelicals’ giving. There is no more pressing need than a greater focus on the unreached peoples of our world.”
“Just as the Book of Acts records that people from all over the world were there that day, we are expecting a global gathering,” said Wayne Pederson. “And we hope for a similar empowering of the Holy Spirit to take the message of the good news to those who are ‘far off,’ as the apostle Peter said when he spoke that day.”
Those planning to participate in the initiative are also urged to adopt and share the “Manifesto for the Unreached”– as a way of praying and supporting the work of global missions.
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