“The city is eating the countryside. People who have farmed all their lives don’t know what to do except keep working amid the construction.”
This incredible video gives a quick glimpse at an ever-changing China. After decades of spiritual depravity, today there is a massive spiritualΒ vacuum. People are hungry for something eternal. Now is the perfect time to usher them into a relationship with Jesus. Thatβs our passion at WithinΒ Reach Global.
Reaching unreached people groups in urban settings. Itβs something I have mentioned before.
Reaching Unengaged People Groups Through Urban Mission
Unreached Moving To Boom Towns, Becoming More Accessible [Interactive Graphic]
I used to travel countless hours on long, hard roads to reach unreached people groups in rural China. In fact, I still take teams to visitΒ our outreach centersΒ among the Wa, Dai, Lahu, Bouyei, Bai, Miao, Yi, Yao, Ge, Dong, Kongge, Hani, Aini, and many other ethnic people groups.
But our strategy has shifted.
We are now focused onΒ reaching unreached people groups in urban settings.
Why spend 3 days round trip traveling to a rural village to share the gospel to a few families for 3 hours when you can spend 3 hours to impact multiple ethnic people groups who reside in the city?
There is most certainly a placeΒ for long, arduous travels toΒ unreached people groups. I have done it for years, and many of my missionary colleagues are still focused on rural regions. But I find itΒ more strategicΒ forΒ Within Reach GlobalΒ to reach these same unreached people groups in the urban setting.
Itβs a lot less work, a lot less strenuous on a missionaryβs body, andβletβs face itβa lot less diarrhea! (Iβve eaten some weird things up in them hills!)
What do you think? Ever been to an unreached village before? Ever talked to someone who had no concept of what a Jesus is?
See this post at withinreachglobal.org
Adapted from post at fastcoexist.com
