Unreached People Groups

What is a UPG?
An Unreached People Group is a cluster of people defined by their language, tribe, and/or culture. For all practical purposes, they have never been presented with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There might be a few Christians among them, but the number would be less than percentage point of the actual population. The population of a UPG may number from a few hundred all the way to several million!

What is involved in adopting a UPG?
There are several considerations in joining this ministry effort:

You as an individual Christian and your church as the people of God, should commit to focused, long-term, intentional and intelligent prayer for the group. Educate yourself about the people you have adopted.
After you implement a prayer strategy, develop other ministry strategies with realistic goals.
Discover if there are other existing efforts being made to minister to these people.
Investigate how and where financial support can be be used in current or developing ministries.
In time, develop ministries to those of the UPG that have immigrated to the U.S. Use those as a spring board for mission trips and other ministries to the Group.
Utilize online resources that provide fresh information and share your discoveries with others. We have collected a list of online resources to get you started!

Has the Staked Plains Baptist Association adopted an UPG?

The Staked Plains Baptist Association as a prayer ministry has adopted the Albanian Gheg people. Contact Dr. Rick Shaw (shawr@wbu.edu) for more information.

If you are interested in adopting an UPG, please let us know by filling out this online form. We would love to join with you in prayer and in the discoveries you make in your ministry efforts.