Study
Read Romans 1:18–23
What happens to a person in an unreached people group, who dies without ever hearing the gospel? Does someone who did not encounter the gospel while alive, spend eternity apart from God after they die? Explain.
Discuss this question then read the response.
What happens to a person in an unreached people group, who dies without ever hearing the gospel? Does someone who did not encounter the gospel while alive, spend eternity apart from God after they die? Explain.
Discuss this question then read the response.
Watch
What is a UPG? (2:59)
- “An unreached people group has too few believers to evangelize and disciple the rest of their people group. Almost three billion people fall into this category.”
What three words describe what your life would be like today if no one had been present to evangelize or disciple you.
Now take 30 seconds and think of an unreached person your gender and age experiencing these things for their entire life. What was that like? - “Over three thousand of the seven thousand unreached people groups are unengaged, unreached people groups...these people groups have no one actively engaged in reaching them.”
Author David Platt said, "The only thing worse than being lost is being lost, and no one is looking for you."
Imagine you have been tasked by your church to create a strategy to bring the gospel to an unengaged, unreached people group. What four words (or phrases) summarize your plan? - What else stood out to you from the video?
Discuss
All excerpts are from The Abrahamic Revolution by Todd Ahrend.
- “God was not interested in me Christianizing my life; He was interested in me crucifying my life.” (Chapter 1)
What’s the difference?
- “Salvation has come to us because it’s on its way to someone else.” (Chapter 5)
Do you see the gospel as a baton that's been passed to you, to hand off an unreached people group? Explain.
Learn
View
SOGY. Become familiar with the concept of Supporting Others or Going Yourself.
Pray
Share the most important thing you learned in this meeting, and let it serve as a guide as your group prays together.
Closing video
Watch The World (4:38)