The Gap

Many generations have carried the message of the Gospel to the lost.

Early era — Roman era

Post-Constantine — monasteries

Good — Ulfilas felling the oak of Thor

Bad — Charlemagne’s forced conversions

Post-Reformation

Coastlands — Carey

Inlands — Taylor

People groups — Townsend & Winter

Good — De las Casas highly critical of conquistadors, colonial slavery

Bad — colonialism

Promote Through Gates of Splendor

Defining “finished” is difficult, but we know a sizable gap still exists.

Mattew 28 & “ethne” + why the finish line is somewhat foggy

UPG — ethno-linguistic group without an indigenous, self-supporting church movement

20%? 2%? more? less?

1/3 still has basically no Gospel access

THUMB (Tribal — Africa/PNG, Hindu — S Asia, Unreligious — East Asia/Europe, Muslim — N Africa/Middle East, Buddhist — SE Asia)

10/40 window

250 million without Scripture

Refugee populations around the world

It makes most sense to send most workers to those places, but they’re difficult.

Tools to pray for the unreached: UPG of the Day App, Pray for the World

There will be one generation that finishes the mission.

The best generations believed they could do it.

“I cannot do everything, but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” — Edward Everett Hale

Verse: Habakkuk 2:14