For several years now, brothers have been coming to me asking a similar question, “Where are the greatest needs in the United States where I should plant a church?” My immediate response usually is something like: “Go to the 300,000 Indian Hindus in New York. The 60,000 Somalis in Columbus. […]
Migration
Last week, I sent out a tweet sharing about a new resource that just came on-line. ethneCITY is something you need to check out, if you have not done so already. While there are a few (emphasis on few) web-based resources addressing the movement of the nations of the world, […]
ethneCITY
The United States is not only one of the world’s largest countries (3rd), it also home to the third largest number of unreached people groups (a story few have heard). Over the past several years, I have noticed a very common church planting strategy that is on the minds of […]
Jesus Did not Say Wait for Pastors to Plant Churches
I recently had the honor–at the invitation of the International Mission Board–of being a part of some conversations at the Southern Baptist Convention regarding the nations living in the United States. Here is a thirty minute video of the discussion. Joining me on the platform were Terry Sharp (@terrysharpimb) and […]
Discussion about the Nations Next Door
The United Nations released a new report this morning stating that there are now more refugees and internally displaced persons in the world since 1994. You may find the related article here. The world is now home to 45.2 million displaced persons. Excluding what has taken place in Syria, here […]
New Record High Number of Refugees and IDPs
214 million people live outside of their countries of birth. This figure represents 3% of the world’s population. If it were a single country, it would represent the 5th largest nation in the world. The peoples of the world have been–and continue to be–on the move. This post in the […]
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