Strangers Next Door: Migration, Immigration, and Mission J. D. Payne

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David Boyd

3% 232 Million

Migration Migrant Immigration Emigration Asylum Seeker Refugee

Acts 17: 26-27

The Divine Maestro and the Push-Pull Factors

What in the World is God Doing?

Yemen

: European Colonialism and African Slave Trade Era

: Industrial Era

1945-Present: Post- Industrial Global Migrations Era

Countries with the Highest Numbers of International Migrants, 2013 Country Estimated number of international migrants, 2013 United States45,800,000 Russian Federation11,000,000 Germany9,800,000 Saudi Arabia9,100,000 United Arab Emirates7,800,000 United Kingdom7,800,000 France7,400,000 Canada7,300,000 Australia6,500,000 Spain6,500,000

$500 billion

West Africa from New York

Global People Groups: 11,642 Unreached People Groups: 6,734

“Unreached”?

THE STRANGERS NEXT DOOR ARE FROM WHERE?

Country of Birth Perm. Canadian Residents, ’12 China, People’s Republic33,018 Philippines32,747 India28,943 Pakistan 9,931 United States 9,414 France 8,138 Iran 6,463 United Kingdom 6,365 Haiti 5,600 Korea, Republic of 5,308 Egypt 4,823 United Arab Emirates 4,253 Mexico 4,032 Colombia 3,678 Morocco 3,630 Algeria 3,247

Country of Birth Perm. Canadian Residents, ’12 Sri Lanka 3,152 Nigeria 3,095 Bangladesh 2,450 Ukraine 2,203 Israel 2,183 Afghanistan 2,155 Jamaica 2,145 Iraq 2,125 Cameroon 2,042 Russia 1,962 Saudi Arabia 1,892 Germany 1,890 Turkey 1,819 Ethiopia 1,740 Vietnam, Socialist Republic 1,702 Total:257,887

Top Places of Origin, International Students in Canada RankCountry2012 World Total104,810 1China25,346 2India13,136 3Korea7,212 4France5,762 5United States4,743 6Saudi Arabia4,406 7Japan3,950 8Mexico3,375 9Brazil2,295 10Germany2,046

Starbucks Drinking Saudis

2012 Refugee Arrivals to Canada by Country of Nationality Mexico7,945 China, People’s Republic of7,032 Hungary6,957 Haiti5,617 Colombia3,719 India3,109 Nigeria2,838 Pakistan2,801 Sri Lanka2,530 Saint Vincent and Grenadines1,850 Congo, Democratic Republic of1,788 Total89,385

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THE WORLD’S UNREACHED IN THE WEST

How Many UPGs in the West?

CountryUPGs, Global Research Andorra5 Australia43 Austria23 Belgium34 Canada180 Denmark20 Finland6 France97 Germany64 Greenland1 Iceland4 Ireland10 Country UPGs, Global Research Italy48 Liechtenstein3 Luxembourg10 Malta5 Monaco6 Netherlands41 New Zealand21 Norway11 Portugal22 San Marino2 Spain37 Sweden28 Switzerland18 United Kingdom73 United States361

1,200

How Many UPGs in the United States and Canada?

35,000 Feet to 15,000 Feet

Country UPGs, Global Research Canada180 United States 361 TOTAL:541

Countries with the Largest Numbers of UPGs

RankCountryUPGs 1 India941 2 China368 3 United States361 4 Brazil187 5 Canada180 6 Indonesia177 7 Mexico161

Guidelines for Reaching the Strangers Next Door

Be intentional Learn as you go Expect to make mistakes

Work the bridges of God Prioritize along receptivity lines

Understand cultural and generational differences Contextualize methods Practice evangelism that results in new churches

Keep things simple and highly reproducible Avoid paternalism

Strategy for Reaching the Strangers Next Door

R. E. P. S.

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Strangers Next Door: Migration, Immigration, and Mission J. D. Payne