WorldView

WorldView Newsletter

WorldView is a missions newsletter published twice a year. It shares the latest on what God is doing through UB missions, cross-cultural workers, our projects around the world, news from our partner fields, prayer concerns, and other exciting updates. It's mailed to UB churches in the US, virtually provided to our Canadian churches, and the latest edition is available here as well.

Jesus from Moi to Mae

Discover the numerous places communities of people gathered to hear the Gospel Together.

In the West, our typical evangelistic efforts are focused on bringing individuals to Jesus. In Thailand, our missionary team is thinking differently. What if we made our goal to bring whole families, neighborhoods, and communities to Jesus? How might a family-oriented approach make the Gospel easier to take root among unreached people groups whose non-Christian family members may be opposed to the Good News? Does this sound foreign to your thinking?

Let’s stretch our minds and opinions through some New Testament statements.

Expanded excerpts from Acts 10 & 16, John 4, and Php 10 (NIV)

1. Cornelius was expecting [Peter and believers from Joppa] and called together his relatives and close friends

2. While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on [Cornelius, his relatives, and close friends (maybe others?)] who heard the message… so Peter ordered that [Cornelius, his relatives, and close friends (maybe others?)] be baptized in the name of Jesus

3. Then [Paul and Silas] spoke the word of the Lord to [the jailer] and to all the others in his house… Then immediately [the jailer] and all his household were baptized.

4. Leaving her water jar, the woman went back to town and said to the people “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.” Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony.

5. What has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

There are over 9 million Northern Thai and they are a mere 0.4% Christian. Very few of them have access to the Gospel. What will it take to reach them all? What if God brought whole families to Himself? How might the effort to bring the Gospel of Jesus multiply if we ask God to redeem entire families and organic communities of people?

% Christian Comparison

This chart shows a comparison of the percentage of people identifying as Christian in selected Unreached People Groups (UPGs) with whom UB Global is engaged versus select world regions from the article titled "Frontier from the Beginning". UB Global is focused on UPGs because without missionaries, the people in these people groups will likely die without ever having the chance to hear about Jesus even once in their lifetimes.