Praying for the Unreached
There are three billon (3,000,000,000) people in the world who have never been exposed to the good news of Jesus. Entire ethnic groups have no church or Christian presence. In India alone, there are 1.3 billion people who are considered unreached.
Paul once declared “I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, but as it is written, ‘Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.’” (Romans 15:20–21)
As a church, we pray that those who have never been told about Jesus would see and hear and understand the truth about Jesus. We pray that the Lord would raise up and send out workers into his harvest among the unreached (Matt 9:37). We pray that God would use us to send and support workers in this harvest.
This Sunday, June 8, is the International Day for the Unreached. Below are some prayer points to pray Sunday and every day for those who have never heard the good news of Jesus Christ. We look forward to the day when these words will become reality:
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:9–10)
Prayer Points for the Unreached
- Pray that God’s name would be glorified in people from every nation and tribe worshiping him forever.
- Pray that the Lord of the harvest would send out more workers into his harvest among the unreached.
- Pray that more resources would be allotted toward reaching unreached ethnic groups.
- Pray for mission organizations that God would give them wisdom in guiding missionaries to hard places to reach those with no access to the gospel.
- Pray for our church, that God would raise up resources and even workers from among us for reaching the unreached.
- Pray specifically for the unreached peoples of the world, a third of humanity, three billion people, who have no access to the gospel. May God do a great work to bring them to a knowledge of himself through his Son.
