Unreached People Group

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[edit] What does "Unreached People Group" (UPG) mean?

The classic definition of an unreached people group is "a people group within which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians able to evangelize this people group."

When attempting to measure tihs, the original Joshua Project editorial committee selected the critieria of less than 2% Evangelical Christian and less than 5% Christian Adherents. The terms Unreached People Group (UPG) and Least-Reached People Group are used interchangably. Also RUP means nearly the same.

See also the book of the 2004 Forum for World Evangelization - 6A. MINISTRY AMONG LEAST REACHED PEOPLE GROUPS (27% of the World)

[edit] External Readings

• Winter, Ralph & Bruce Koch. Finishing the Task: The Unreached Peoples Challenge. Mission Frontiers.
• S. Kent Parks, What Happened to People Group Thinking? Lausanne World Pulse