Over two million people lost their lives, and much of daily life has changed in the past 12 months. One thing, however, remains constant: “The responsibility Jesus gave us, that Great Commission of getting the Gospel out around the world, has not changed,” Dave Meyers says.

“Even though we’re in this pandemic and it’s caused us to be more inward-focused, we’ve still got to take responsibility as believers to do what Jesus asks us to do.”

Help raise awareness by joining the “A Third of Us” campaign on social media!

Meyers leads ZimZam Global, a member of the Alliance for the Unreached. The Alliance helps believers and churches prioritize the Great Commission and unreached people groups. Learn more here.

“A third of the world [is] still denied access to the Gospel, and we have a responsibility to move a Christian body around the world, and particularly here in the West, to focus on that,” Meyers explains.

Definitions vary, but a people group is “unreached” if it has no way to access the hope of Christ. These communities have long been a priority for Myers. “My wife and I have been involved in global church planting for our entire married career, which is nearly 40 years,” he says.

“For 30 [of those] years, our sole purpose was to get the Gospel to those without access, especially [in] the remote, primitive villages.”

Despite centuries of progress, one in three people today still have no Gospel access.

You can help change that on May 23 – the International Day for the Unreached.

Each year, Alliance members organize an online event for the International Day for the Unreached. Watch last year’s recording here. The event helps believers everywhere learn how they can help bring the Gospel to people without Christ’s hope.

“Download the action guide,” Meyers suggests. “That action guide is a great, great place to find some next steps. Each family could be a part of seeing the numbers diminished from a third of us [to zero].”

Above all, pray. “The most powerful thing, the most strategic thing, that we can do is to pray,” Meyers notes.

“All the thinking, the whiteboarding, the brainstorming – there’s just nothing more powerful than prayer.”

Header image courtesy of the Alliance for the Unreached.

Would these figures be different if Pentecost never happened?  What if the Spirit moved again like He did on Pentecost Sunday?

Recall what’s written in Acts 2 about the Day of Pentecost: God’s Holy Spirit fell on the apostles, and they proclaimed His Gospel to people from every nation who were in Jerusalem that day.

This basic idea – getting Christ’s message of hope to every tribe and tongue – is the heartbeat of the Alliance for the Unreached.

(Photo courtesy of Nathan Dumlao via Unsplash)

As Dave Meyers of ZimZam Global – an Alliance member – describes, “It’s a consortium of like-minded organizations and ministries for one single purpose, and that’s getting the Gospel out to those who have never heard.”  ZimZam Global believes kids are key to church growth. So, they equip and develop church planters and leaders with this perspective in mind. More about ZimZam’s approach here.

On the first Day of Pentecost, people of all nations encountered the Gospel message. Alliance members pray for another Spirit-led movement among today’s unreached people groups. Will you join them?

IDU: praying for another Pentecost

Each year on Pentecost Sunday, Alliance members – including Mission Network News – call on Christians to make the world’s two billion unreached people a priority.

“We’re rallying together, cooperating and collaborating together to proclaim the message of Jesus Christ around the world…specifically [to] those without access to the Gospel.”

Dubbed “International Day for the Unreached,” or IDU, the event is coming up this weekend. On Sunday, June 9, the Alliance will premiere a special IDU webcast on its website and Facebook page. Join the broadcast event on Facebook here.

(Graphic courtesy of International Day for the Unreached)

Through its webcast, the Alliance wants to teach believers and churches about the world’s unreached population — how many people are considered “unreached,” where they live, why they’re unreached, et cetera. Free resources like these equip believers to apply that knowledge by taking specific action.

“We are practicing that principle of one Body unifying together, moving forward for the Great Commission,” Meyers says of the Alliance and IDU. “Pray that…we would really make headway into the darkness and that we would see God penetrate the hearts and transform lives.

“We want to see that list of over two billion people without access to the Gospel diminished.”

Header image courtesy of Lawrence OP via Flickr.