Fast Facts
- Unreached Buddhist peoples live in the following areas of the world: Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Thailand, Laos), South Asia (Myanmar [Burma], Bhutan, Sri Lanka), Mongolia and Japan, China (Tibet)
- The second-largest unreached people group in the world is the Japanese, numbering over 120 million.
Study
Read Romans 1:14
- Are we obligated to bring the gospel to unreached peoples? Explain. Does Luke 12:48 factor into this? Explain.
- What other principles about missions are revealed in Romans 1:14?
Watch
ISAAN: Ignite The Impossible (3:00)
- "I paint the picture from Revelation where it says that people from every nation, tribe, and language group will be worshipping the Lord. That's the ultimate picture I have in my mind."
What role should passages like Revelation 5:9, 7:9-10 play in our decision to become a supporter or goer to unreached peoples? - What else stood out to you from the video?
Bui's Story (4:25)
- “I was thinking there should be more to life than what I was experiencing."
Imagine you're on a short term trip to unreached Buddhists with the aim of finding people like Bui. How would you go about it?
- What else stood out to you from the video?
Discuss
It is a true story passed along by workers in South East Asia. What does it say about the role God and man play in making disciples among the unreached in Buddhist cultures?
"She felt dizzy and weak, having been unable to keep food down for over a week. Would Donnie and Danielle fire her because she was too sick to return to her work as a housekeeper in their home? Nurul worried that she was dying.
Out of the blue, Nurul received a phone call from a Christian woman who followed Jesus after He brought her out of a coma. She told Nurul that she would pray for Jesus to heal her and give her a dream of Himself.
Fearing for her family’s livelihood and her own life, Nurul lay on her bed and began to pray, “Isa al-Masih (Jesus the Messiah), if you are really King of the world, would you heal me like you healed my friend? I am so sick, and I can’t take care of my family. Come heal me.” Then she slept.
A man in white shook her from her sleep, saying, “Nurul, get up now. Get up and eat. You are well.”
“What should I eat?” she asked him.
“Eat whatever you want,” He continued. “You are well. Eat now.”
She asked her son who had been napping beside her and if he had seen the man, but he had no idea what she was talking about.
Her stomach began to growl with hunger, "like a pregnant woman." She ran to the street to buy food.
When her husband, Eko, came home, he said, “You look so beautiful! What happened?” She told him about her dream. He fell to his knees and wept, thanking Isa al-Masih for restoring her health.
After she told Donnie and Danielle her story, Donnie asked her, “Now what?”
“We believe.” She hesitated. “Actually, my husband has been reading about Isa al-Masih for the last month.”
Donnie and Danielle were surprised but delighted to hear her explanation. Eko had been helping them on occasion as a handyman in their home. One day a few months ago, while working in their home office, he found several copies of Luke in his own language. While no one was looking, he stole a copy to read for himself. God's Word and Jesus's appearance to Nurul brought them to faith in Jesus."
"She felt dizzy and weak, having been unable to keep food down for over a week. Would Donnie and Danielle fire her because she was too sick to return to her work as a housekeeper in their home? Nurul worried that she was dying.
Out of the blue, Nurul received a phone call from a Christian woman who followed Jesus after He brought her out of a coma. She told Nurul that she would pray for Jesus to heal her and give her a dream of Himself.
Fearing for her family’s livelihood and her own life, Nurul lay on her bed and began to pray, “Isa al-Masih (Jesus the Messiah), if you are really King of the world, would you heal me like you healed my friend? I am so sick, and I can’t take care of my family. Come heal me.” Then she slept.
A man in white shook her from her sleep, saying, “Nurul, get up now. Get up and eat. You are well.”
“What should I eat?” she asked him.
“Eat whatever you want,” He continued. “You are well. Eat now.”
She asked her son who had been napping beside her and if he had seen the man, but he had no idea what she was talking about.
Her stomach began to growl with hunger, "like a pregnant woman." She ran to the street to buy food.
When her husband, Eko, came home, he said, “You look so beautiful! What happened?” She told him about her dream. He fell to his knees and wept, thanking Isa al-Masih for restoring her health.
After she told Donnie and Danielle her story, Donnie asked her, “Now what?”
“We believe.” She hesitated. “Actually, my husband has been reading about Isa al-Masih for the last month.”
Donnie and Danielle were surprised but delighted to hear her explanation. Eko had been helping them on occasion as a handyman in their home. One day a few months ago, while working in their home office, he found several copies of Luke in his own language. While no one was looking, he stole a copy to read for himself. God's Word and Jesus's appearance to Nurul brought them to faith in Jesus."
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