The church of Jesus Christ, having been given the responsibility to disciple the nations, must share God's concern for every people group. A significantly large sociological group of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity for one another. From the viewpoint of evangelization, this group is the largest within which the gospel can spread without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance. There are at least 9,000 different ethno-linguistic people groups in the world today. If these groups are further subdivided by sociological distinctives, this number will increase substantially.
Some people groups are unreached.
Thousands of unreached people groups exist in the world today, composed of primarily of Muslims, Hindus, Chinese, and tribal peoples. Stage 1 - Reported Someone has reported a group as possibly unreached. Stage 3 - Evaluated Adequate research has been completed to permit interested Christians outside this people group to make a decision to attempt to reach it. Stage 4 - Selected Individuals or organizations sufficient to the task have made a commitment to reach this people group. Stage 5 - Supported Adequate resources have been provided for the agency to move ahead.