Source: Joshua Project, 2021
Frontier people groups (FPGs) are unreached people groups with 0.1% or fewer Christians of any kind, and no evidence of a self-sustaining gospel movement. There are about 4,993 frontier people groups with a total population of 1,977,748,000. One-fourth of the world lives in FPGs and has almost no chance of hearing about Jesus from someone in their people group. About half the population of all FPGs live in just 33 groups, each with a population of ten million or more.
In frontier people groups, Christianity is often viewed as a competing foreign political and religious force that threatens to pull apart families and communities. Evangelism and church planting that encourage or expect individuals to leave their families reinforce these fears. FPGs are best reached through gospel movements that bring God’s blessing to heal and strengthen families and communities.
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Looking for ways to inspire others for work among the unreached? Find some good tips in How to Tell a Dangerous Story (an article Missions Catalyst reader Heather Pubols wrote for Missio Nexus).