UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS
7,276 of the world’s 17,311 people groups are unreached. That’s 3.40 billion people, or 42% of the world’s population. The Joshua Project provides the following definition of an Unreached People Group (UPG):
“Definition: Less than or equal to 5% Christian Adherent AND less than or equal to 2% Evangelical.
An unreached or least-reached people is a people group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this people group without outside assistance.”
UPGs are diverse. They have distinct cultural, linguistic, and geographical differences. But they share a common characteristic. They have never heard the precious name of Jesus. And there is little being done to reach them with the Gospel.
For many unreached tribes and people groups, there is no Bible in their native language. Many cannot read. Lack of scriptural resources is a challenging barrier to the spread of the Gospel.
There is also an absence of disciple-making churches among these people groups. Disciple-making movements are a vital part of experiencing breakthroughs with UPGs. There is an urgent need for indigenous Christians among these tribes who are striving to share what they know.

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