1. How Do We Reach All Peoples? That All Peoples May Know Him!

3. Churches Nation Families Us Communities

4. So that we will use His blessings to share the gospel, to disciple new believers and to expand His kingdom.

5. How do we reach all peoples?

6. People who share a common language and culture Transcend nations and states 11,000 worldwide

7. 5,000 people groups are located in the Last Frontier

8. People groups in our world who have little or no access to the gospel 1.5 billion people

9. 11,000 people groups After 150 years and 5,000 overseas missionaries

10. 11,000 people groups After 150 years and 5,000 overseas missionaries 1,500 being reached

11. 11,000 people groups 9,500 not being reached After 150 years and 5,000 overseas missionaries

12. We cannot continue to do missions the way it has always been done.

13. Missionaries are encountering amazing movements of God all around the world.

16. Church-planting movements are changing the way we do missions.

17. definition: rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps like wildfire though a people group or population segment.

18. Missionaries are praising God for CPMs

19. 1)Usually happen among a common people group 2)Rapid growth 3)Indigenous and lay led 4)Churches are small 5)Bible is central 6)Prayer is vital

20. CASE STUDY

21. 20 churches/yr. 80 churches 5,000 villages 10 believers

22. 20 churches/yr. 80 churches 5,000 villages 10 believers 3 years - 60 new churches

23. 20 churches/yr. 80 churches 5,000 villages 10 believers Hundreds of years to reach them!

24. 80...

25. 80... 160...

26. 80... 160... 320...

27. 80... 160... 320... 640

28. Three and a half years to reach them!

29. A vision for a church-planting movement!

30. There are church-planting movements happening all around our world today. China India SE Asia N. Africa Latin America W. Europe

31. are God’s provision Through church-planting movements we can reach the world with God’s salvation.

32. IMB overseas leadership: e will facilitate the lost coming to saving faith in Jesus Christ by beginning and nurturing church-planting movements among all peoples.

33. God wants all the peoples of the world to know and worship Him.

34. God wants us to join Him.

35. Missionary appointees and team leaders are being trained to facilitate church planting movements.

36. The Gospel Among All Peoples!

37. That All Peoples May Know Him!