The Least-Reached

Although 70% of the world’s population has heard the gospel in some form, 30% of the world (2 billion people) has had virtually no exposure to the gospel message. The result is 1,600 people groups in which less than 2% of their population is evangelical Christian. The majority of these least-reached peoples live in areas of religious restriction with great language and cultural barriers to the spread of the gospel.

For the past 25 years, our missions policy has explicitly stated our intention to give priority “to those areas in which the opportunity for hearing the gospel is relatively small.” Today some of the largest least-reached people groups are found in India, China, Pakistan, Yemen, Indonesia, Iran, Tunisia, and Vietnam.

For more information on the least-reached, check out the following websites:

http://www.joshuaproject.net/

http://www.calebproject.org

http://www.peoplegroups.org

http://www.worldmap.org

Equip National Leaders

College Church partners with thirteen national seminaries to train national Christian leaders for gospel work among their own people and to the least-reached peoples of the world. We provide financial support in the form of scholarships to 70 nationals studying at these thirteen partner schools. Occasionally, if requested by these seminaries, we send personnel to these seminaries to provide intensive theological instruction (see our webpage on the Fellowship for Theological Training).