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Joel & Melissa Williams Serving in Sub Saharan Africa

Scott & Casey Tuminello Serving in Europe

Ryan & Michelle Tankersley Serving in Japan

Adam & Christa Serving in South Asia

Jared & Jennifer Serving in Asia Pacific Rim

T&R M&D M&K Dr. Clara Serving in closed countries

Will & Beth Serving in Europe

Jamie & Aarica Myers Airforce Chaplain

Mark & Ammie Phillips Serving in Madagascar

Roy & Jenna Serving at ILC

Ryan & Terra Lindsey Serving in Europe

David & Robin Serving in Asia Pacific Rim

Jess McWatters Serving in Germany

Randall & Luda Ford Serving in Jerusalem

Elisa serving with Barnabas International

Zack & Courtney Newsome serving in Mexico

april Focus: South Asian Peoples affinity

The mission emphasis for the month of April is South Asia. This area consists of the countries of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives. If you look at a map of the world that shows the unengaged and unreached people groups (UUPG), South Asia is the area of the world with the most UUPG’s. The IMB uses these definitions: People Group- A group of individuals who share a common self-identity. This might include ethnicity, language, culture, religion and social structure. The IMB further defines it as the largest group through which the gospel can flow without encountering significant barriers of understanding and acceptance. Unengaged–Lacks Christian presence. No known active strategy for sharing the gospel among the people group. Unreached– Less than 2%ofthepeople group identify as evangelical Christians. They lack sufficient indigenous believers to evangelize their own people without outside assistance. There is a list of 3,072 UUPG’s in the world. In the last three years, teams made up of IMB missionaries or missionary explorers, translators and local believers have found 337 of these people groups and engaged 121 with the gospel for the very first time. This has been accomplished through what the IMB calls Project 3000. So, what can we at Huntington Baptist do? Pray, send and go! Pray for these people groups where there are no known believers. Ask for the seeds of the gospel to take root. Pray for local and global churches to heed God’s call for a sustained gospel focus and presence among unengaged, unreached people groups. There is a prayer guide (Loving the Lost through Prayer) available that is published by the IMB that has 52 People Groups inside to pray for (one for each week). If you would like to have this resource let Bob or Coleen know. We have copies available.