What’s this world coming to? You’ve probably said that and I know you’ve heard it said. Wars, crumbling families, drugs, ethnic tensions and economic problems are usually the basis of questions like that.
 

What’s the world coming to? The reality is that the world is coming to the USA. Did you know that there are over 81 plus different people groups are in the Nashville area? Thirty-five of them number over 1,000 people. Thirty of the 35 are less than 2% reached with the gospel. That means 30 of the unreached people groups of the world are here in our backyard.  Additionally, 135 different languages are spoken in our area. Amazing!  

The question is: what are we going to do about it? God believes in “incarnational missions.” That is, “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.” “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”
 

Incarnational missionaries are the kind the IMB sends. We learn the language and culture, and share the gospel in the heart language of the person hearing the gospel.
 

Incarnational missionaries are needed to take the gospel to these people groups in our area. That means we need to learn the language and culture and share Christ with them in their heart language.

It’s almost as if God has said, “Ok, Southern Baptists, you didn’t fulfill my call to go and make disciples of all 'panta ta ethne' (ethnic groups, Matt 28:19-20), so I’m bringing them to you!"
 

Again, the question is: what are we going to do about it? I want to call all of our association to prayer for these people groups. I want to challenge BBA to do whatever it takes to impact lostness. Please pray: 1) that God will break our hearts for the lost and dying without Christ, 2) that we will have the courage to fulfill the great commission right here at home, 3) that some/many of us will be willing to learn another language so that we can communicate Christ to a person of an unreached people group, 4) that God will raise up the resources needed to truly impact the lostness all around us.
 

An ideal way to impact lostness in our area is More Life!  I pray that hundreds will come hear how God can use this great tool to equip us to impact lostness all around our individual churches. Pastors & wives dinner at 6 p.m. Rally with a mass choir from BBA. A message from Bobby Welch and you will leave with a More Life kit for your church. Hope to see you there!

 

Yours for Impacting Lostness for Lord Jesus Christ,

 

Mike