Ministry Focus
Unreached People Groups & 10/40 Window
Unreached people groups (UPGs) are generally defined as people groups that have less than two percent evangelical Christian representation and less than five percent nominal Christian presence. In a practical sense, they are people groups and places where Christ is largely unknown and there is not a church with adequate resource to help make him known in the broader population without outside help.
According to the Traveling Team, UPGs make up 42.2% of the world’s population, or more than 3.14 billion people. The vast majority of them are Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus living in the 10/40 Window, and 86% of them have never had a meaningful conversation or relationship with a Christian. Yet the staggering reality is that less than three percent of foreign missionaries work among this massive segment of humanity.
By the evaluation of Finishing the Task, there are 218 UPGs that are both unengaged and unreached, meaning that they have no church accessible to them, and no missionary or mission agency working among them. They are truly the least-reached ethnic groups, and represent more than five million individuals in need of the saving knowledge of Christ.
There is also remarkable overlap between the poorest countries of the world and those that are least evangelized. Barriers to reaching people groups in these places are diverse, such as physical distance, lack of infrastructure, or limited resources in their languages, or spiritual challenges such as hostility or significant gaps in comprehension of a loving, present, and personally-invested Savior.
Because of these challenges, in as many cases as possible, it is our goal to come alongside local believers or in support of a local church, to help with its church-planting efforts, as they can be more effective in winning their neighbors and communities to Christ in their context. The Live Global ministry arm of ABWE focuses on partnering with national missionaries working predominantly in countries that are inaccessible to ABWE missionaries, often in the 10/40 Window. And beginning 2022, ABWE’s Open Initiative marks a new effort to help those with a heart for the unreached gain access to hard-to-reach places.
Your Passion for Reaching the Unreached
UPGs are often hard to get to, can be difficult to live among, and require patience, perseverance and good training to see churches planted among them. But it can be done, and the joy of seeing such fruit is great! There are many ways to minister to unreached people groups on the mission field, including:
- Art & Crafts
- Bible Studies
- Children’s Ministries
- Church Revitalization
- English Clubs
- Evangelism/Discipleship/Church Planting
- Healthcare
- Orphan Ministries
- Refugee Relief
- Small Business Ministry
- Women’s Ministry
- Youth Ministries
Perhaps God is calling you to take up the cause of reaching the unreached and unengaged—those who are truly without a gospel witness. Join us in making disciples of every nation, tribe and tongue.
Is God calling you to use your skills on the mission field?
Opportunities
Agricultural Development
South AsiaServe as a coordinator for developing agricultural programs that help tribal people move from slash-and-burn farming methods to stable hillside gardens and orchards.
AV Program Coordinator
South AsiaWe are seeking a audio-visual program coordinator to help develop a strategic communication plan for our organization's ministry in South Asia.
Bible Academy Professor
JapanThe Position Our Bible school (Japan Bible Academy, an affiliate of The Master’s Academy International), located in the heart of Tokyo, is looking for qualified professors for our school. A qualified professor would need to have at least an M.Div from an accredited theologically conservative seminary, be able to sign off on our doctrinal statement
Projects
Shepherd’s Refuge
The Shepherd’s Refuge is a 2-year program designed to provide biblical counseling/mentoring and training to pastors and their wives in Asia for the unique struggles and burdens they face in ministry and within their own marriages.
Shepherds need shepherding. In closed countries, church cultures are often places where pastors and their wives are overworked and often neglected.…
Hope Alive Healthcare Birthing Center
As a gentle birthing facility, Hope Alive supports women on their motherhood journey, sharing more about who Jesus is and how to study the Bible, and is often a safe haven for abused mothers to be. Hope Alive is a free clinic to the poorest families in the area, and is the only clinic in the area that focuses on caring for the local Muslim community with halal spaces and vitamins.…
LG Proclaim Media Arts
About the Ministry
Proclaim Arts is a vibrant and creative ministry dedicated to pointing people to Jesus Christ through the powerful mediums of drama, video production, and various other art forms. Through engaging performances and creative expressions, the ministry aims to inspire, uplift, and share the true hope of the world to people in South Asia.…
Shepherd’s Refuge
The Shepherd’s Refuge is a 2-year program designed to provide biblical counseling/mentoring and training to pastors and their wives in Asia for the unique struggles and burdens they face in ministry and within their own marriages. Shepherds need shepherding. In closed countries, church cultures are often places where pastors and their wives are overworked and often neglected.…
Hope Alive Healthcare Birthing Center
As a gentle birthing facility, Hope Alive supports women on their motherhood journey, sharing more about who Jesus is and how to study the Bible, and is often a safe haven for abused mothers to be. Hope Alive is a free clinic to the poorest families in the area, and is the only clinic in the area that focuses on caring for the local Muslim community with halal spaces and vitamins.…
LG Proclaim Media Arts
About the Ministry Proclaim Arts is a vibrant and creative ministry dedicated to pointing people to Jesus Christ through the powerful mediums of drama, video production, and various other art forms. Through engaging performances and creative expressions, the ministry aims to inspire, uplift, and share the true hope of the world to people in South Asia.…
English Center
For the past 20 years, the English Center has been a vital part of this community and this year marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter. The center has served as a powerful avenue for evangelism in this restricted-access country and just last year we witnessed tangible fruit from these efforts.…
Give to the Send Offering – Send Sunday
The need for the gospel is urgent, and missionaries cannot go without the faithful support of churches. Send Sunday is a one-day missions offering that enables churches to participate directly in God’s global mission by giving to the Global Gospel Fund.…
Send the Gospel to the Lost and Unreached This Christmas
God is moving through missionaries like Tim and Laura Compton, who began a ministry in an unlikely place—a CrossFit gym. From relationships built during workouts, a Bible study began, leading to lives transformed: A woman battling depression found peace in Christ.…
Open Toronto Initiative
The Open Toronto Initiative is all about making disciples among unreached people groups. More than 50 percent of people living in the Greater Toronto Area were born in another country. Many of them come from places with no Gospel witness. God brought these people to Canada, and we want to share the love of Christ with them.…
Global Gospel Fund: Send Workers to the Harvest
The Lord is moving, and you can be part of the harvest. As global tensions rise and the world grows darker, the light of the gospel is piercing through closed doors. From communities in North America, where Afghans are encountering Jesus for the first time, to Tanzania, where missionaries like Stephanie Boon (shown above) teach women microenterprise skills and boldly share Christ along the way—we see the gospel transform lives each day among the nations.…
Merge 2025
Great things are in progress on the mission field through this ministry! Our missionaries will be sharing more project details shortly and look forward to how you might get involved. If you need to get in touch immediately, let us know at info@abwe.org…
El Roi University Center Togo
El Roï was created to reach a specific population of unreached/under-engaged Islamic Students who currently study at the University of Kara through various services who are then invited to join a bible study group with the ultimate goal of a church plant in their own village or city by their own people group.…
Happy New Year: The Global Gospel Fund
We are so excited to begin this New Year! God has done and continues to do great things around the world through missionaries and generous supporters. No matter what the next crisis, war, political turmoil, or obstacle that comes our way, we can be sure that the same God that parted the Red Sea waters will continue to supply, sustain, and carry-out his plan to fruition.…
Eternity Matters: The Global Gospel Fund
Time is short. Eternity matters. We praise God for what he has done among the nations in 2023 and look forward to all that he will do in 2024. More than 40% of the world’s population is considered unreached with the gospel, but it doesn’t have to stay that way.…
Christmas and the Nations: The Global Gospel Fund
Christmas is the best time to reflect on the fact that we serve a missional God. This Christmas, your gift has the power to penetrate a dark world with the gospel. One third of humanity remains isolated from the life-changing message of Jesus Christ, dwelling in profound spiritual darkness.…
Bring Light to Darkness: The Global Gospel Fund
This Christmas, your gift has the power to penetrate a dark world with the gospel. More than 40% of the world’s population is considered unreached with the gospel, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Gifts to the Global Gospel Fund help to equip, train, support, and mobilize missionaries to reach the hardest places in the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.…
Global Gospel Fund
Congrats, your e-book is on its way to your inbox! Before you go, have you considered how your generosity can help send missionaries to the lost? God created humanity to know and enjoy him (Isaiah 43:7). Yet billions remain lost in sin, and millions have never heard the name of Jesus Christ.…
Add to the Great Cloud of Witnesses: the Global Gospel Fund
Attention, Cloud of Witnesses Listeners We hope that you are inspired and encouraged by the missionary stories throughout this season and how God works in ordinary and extraordinary ways in the lives of his people. At ABWE, we are blessed with nearly 100 years of faithful servants who gave their lives to the spread of the gospel.…
Support the Global Gospel Fund
The Global Gospel Fund exists to empower and support missionaries—and others around the world—for eternal impact. Why? So that ministries thrive and missionaries around the world can continue to do what God has called them to. In addition to providing crucial support for missionaries, the Global Gospel Fund also advances the gospel by undergirding missionaries across the world with vital training, resources, support, and care.…
Bring Light to Darkness: The Global Gospel Fund
This Christmas, your gift has the power to penetrate a dark world with the gospel. One third of humanity remains isolated from the life-changing message of Jesus Christ, dwelling in profound spiritual darkness. The need is vast, but together, we can illuminate the farthest corners of the globe with the hope and forgiveness found in the gospel.…
The Global Gospel Fund: Missions Impact in Brazil
Joel Lippert, a chiropractor, began using chiropractic as an outreach in the church, treating physical pain and spiritual problems. He cried out to God, frustrated at the struggles he and his wife faced in their marriage and with their inability to have children.…
The Global Gospel Fund: Missions Impact in Brazil
Populated by German and Italian immigrants in the 1800s, southern Brazil retains a strong European influence, which, combined with the proud gaúcho heritage of traditional ranchers and cattle herders, has produced a culture distinct from the rest of Brazil. The religions of the region create unique challenges for evangelism; cultural Catholics or Lutherans often lack a true understanding of the gospel, non-religious persons adamantly promote a secular worldview, and spiritists practicing Afro-Brazilian religions are tempted to place Jesus as another idol on their shelf.…
International Church in the Balkans
The International Church is a newly established community of around 30 members, committed to multiplying and equipping gospel-centered disciples, small groups, and churches that bring blessings to their city, region, and the world. Located in a country where fewer than 0.2 percent of the population identifies as Christian and still bears the scars of a war 25 years ago, this church serves as a vital light in a spiritually and physically needy area.…
Hôpital Baptiste Biblique (HBB) Chaplain Ministry
Hôpital Baptiste Biblique (HBB) provides quality, compassionate healthcare in Jesus' name. It is our highest priority that each patient also hears the gospel during their hospitalization. HBB needs more chaplains to minister to our Muslim patients, women and children, and to follow up with patients and their families at their homes after leaving the hospital. …
LG Leadership & Refugees in Middle East
The gospel is going out into Syrian refugee communities through compassionate care and trusting relationships. This passionate couple understands the languages and cultures of the Middle East. Together, Robin and Salina use their perspective to serve refugees and displaced Majority communities within the region in a near neighbor country.…
LG National Ministry Leader Training Initiatives
Live Global is endeavoring to respond to this need for training among national church leaders in several ways. The challenge is that many of these national pastors do not have the resources to gain the training they need and desire, so we are bringing the training to them.…
ABWE International Worker Fund: Afghan Initiative
After the US withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban quickly took control of the country. This left thousands of people exposed to terrorists, and Christians were in danger. Afghan pastors and ministry leaders were persecuted. Others were forced to flee for their lives. Still others gave their all for Christ because of their faith.…
The Gambia Community Health Evangelism (CHE)
Community Health Evangelism (CHE) ministries are working to transform the well-being of rural communities in The Gambia through evangelism, discipleship, health education, health prevention, and community development. Our team applies CHE principles and lessons alongside our existing adult literacy ministry. There are CHE lessons that can apply to almost any skillset.…
Live Global Azer Agham
A Live Global national partner.…
Live Global Kyrgy Taala
A Live Global national partner.…
Live Global Tajik Zorik
A Live Global national partner.…
South Asia Ministry Center Project
South Asia Ministry Center: Gospel Advance in South Asia What God Has Done—and What Comes Next In one of the most unreached cities on earth, God has opened a door for ABWE partners to share the gospel. Through the generosity of God’s people, the team has now secured the property for a new ministry center—a permanent home for outreach and discipleship in a city of 35 million souls.…
