Category Archives: Nations & People Groups

IMB UPG Adoption Guide

By Scott Pittman | Published: October 23, 2009

Unreached People Group Adoption  It can be overwhelming to look at a world of lostness, knowing God is calling your church to adopt a people group. Where do you begin? As in all things, you begin in prayer, asking God to direct your paths. As you look for His answers, see what He puts in [...]

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Adopting an Unreached People Group (UPG)

By Scott Pittman | Published: October 19, 2009

From the International Mission Board Where to Begin?  1.      Pray for God’s Guidance As in any spiritual endeavor, your search for an unreached people group for adoption must begin with prayer. The International Mission Board wants God’s best for your church, and only God can show you what that is.  2.      Discover Your [...]

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Pray for Unreached People Groups

By Scott Pittman | Published: June 29, 2009

“Whom shall I send?” Isaiah 6:8 THERE ARE . . . 6,475 unreached people groups – UPGs That represents 3.9 billion people who are less than 2 percent evangelical. 3,494 of those are unreached and unengaged – UUPGs That means 351.8 million people with no active evangelical witness. Is God leading your church to pray [...]

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Adopting an Unreached People Group (UPG): Where to Begin?

By Scott Pittman | Published: June 26, 2009

 (from the July-August IYW UPDATE) 1.    Pray for God’s Guidance – As in any spiritual endeavor, your search for an unreached people group for adoption must begin with prayer.    2.    Discover Your Church’s Natural Affinity (DNA) – As you pray for God to show you the unreached people group He has for your church, be [...]

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Trip Report: Peru Vision Trip-Part 3

By Scott Pittman | Published: June 1, 2009

RELIGION IN MARA, PERU The word religion is derived from a base word that means “to connect.” Add the prefix “Re” and you get “reconnect.” So, in a literal sense, ” re-ligion” means to “reconnect.” That’s exactly what the world’s religions are; man’s attempt to reconnect with God. It is a universal phenomenon that people feel separated [...]

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Trip Report: Peru Vision Trip-Part 2

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 29, 2009

The Village of Mara The Peruvian mountain village of Mara is the focal point of a Kentucky Baptist Church’s attempt to discover God’s will in the area of global evangelization. Recently, members of FBC Monticello, KY visited this small village nestled in the Andes mountains to further explore the possibility of adopting it to develop a Level Four [...]

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Trip Report: Peru Vision Trip-Part 1

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 29, 2009

DELTA FLIGHT 235 touched down in Lima, Peru at 10:50 pm local time after a 7 hour trip from Atlanta. Aboard were the members of the Monticello Baptist Church Vision team (plus yours truly and Larry Brannin, KBC media) bound for a Peruvian mountain village under consideration for adoption. The team had to find the most comfortable [...]

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REAP North Peru Vision Conference 2009 Lima

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 18, 2009

When: October 1-9, 2009   Where: Lima, Peru What: REAP North Peru Vision Conference 2009 is an opportunity for the Key Leaders from your church to see first-hand how your church or association can adopt an unreached people group in Perú. Conference Fee: $475.00 * Conference fee is per person and includes all expenses while in [...]

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Kentucky Church Has a PERU Vision

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 15, 2009

Today members of the FBC Monticello, KY Vision team, led by Pastor, Chad Fugitt, will embark on a trip that includes the whole congregation. No, they didn’t charter a 747. In preparation for the event, IMB missionaries to Peru, Alan and Sandy Stone, challenged the team to make sure “that your entire church is involved in [...]

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Missional — Not Just Missions-Minded

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 4, 2009

From: Impact Your World Acts 1:8 Update Beulah Baptist Church, Hopkins, S.C.  ”We’d been working on our Jerusalem for two hundred years. It was time to go to the ends of the earth,” said Brad Bessent, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, Hopkins, S.C. He was one of the presenters at the February 2009 Impact Your [...]

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