Partnerships fuel efforts to reach the unreached
By Katey Hearth | June 6, 2025
International (MNN) — Here’s a concerning statistic that every Christian should know: “[There are] 65,000 people every single day going into a Christless eternity,” Greg Kelley from Unknown Nations says.
“Not because they’re Hindu, Buddhist, or Muslim, but because they will never have a single opportunity to hear of Jesus.”
People in this category are known as unreached people groups. The International Day for the Unreached, coming up on Sunday, highlights their plight. Unreached people groups have no access to the Bible, and there are no believers among them.
“By definition, outside assistance is needed, and it starts with prayer,” Kelley says.
“Before Jesus said ‘Go,’ He said, ‘The harvest is plentiful, and the laborers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest.’”
One-third of the world’s population is still waiting to hear the Gospel. Partnerships make it possible to reach them by providing manpower, awareness, resources, and more.
“That (partnership) can start with advocacy because not everybody will go and have that opportunity to engage those places. Very few would,” Kelley says.
Though partnerships can include a financial aspect, they don’t often start there. “When we talk about partnership, people think it’s a code word for money. No, forget about money,” Kelley says.
“You can’t effectively use money unless you’re properly educated and your heart is burdened.”
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Pray for humility among ministries serving the unreached.
“Territorialism in the Church is one of the stifling elements of seeing the perpetuation of indigenous church planning movements,” Kelley says.
“We’ve got to put our pride and ego [aside] and be about seeing Jesus made known in these places.”
Header and story images courtesy of A Third Of Us.
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