Archive for the ‘Youth Ministry and Missions’ Category

I never really thought about what a believer from an unreached nation would think about Christmas in the US.

I just finished reading a chapter from KP Yohannan’s book, Road to Reality. KP was born in India, and he describes the wonder he felt during his first Christmas in America when he thought he was witnessing an entire country celebrate the birth of Christ with lavish decorations, events, endless gifts and too much food.

He goes on to describe the shock and disappointment he experienced when he realized it was all a big hoax. People weren’t spending all this money to remember Christ. They were spending it on themselves!

So he asks, how can a nation full of lukewarm Christians constantly pour their energy and finances into mumbling the Gospel to themselves over and over, when countless billions still remain unreached in the far corners of the globe?

Does your youth group know that their are thousands of people groups that still haven’t heard the name of Jesus Christ? Take some time to study up on them yourself. Operation World and the Joshua Project are great resources.

But it can’t stop with learning. Challenge your students to get on the mission field this summer, or take the whole group with you. Be sure your trip focuses on evangelism and the unreached–that is where you can make the greatest impact, and what will have the greatest impact on your students, too.

A new friend, Tim Schmoyer, has been working with a few others to put together an ingenios way to give every youth group in the country a free mission trip. Learn more about it at www.onlinemissionstrip.com.

Unlike most violent uprisings against Christians (like this one still happening in India), the national press has recently run stories about Mosul, Iraq, where thousands of Christians are on the run because of violence, killings and threats. Muslim extremeists have ordered Christians to convert to Islam or face possible death. As a result, at least 900 families have fled the city. (Read the full story on FoxNews or CNN.)