Missions 101: What is a UPG?

Have you seen or heard this acronym before? How about an Unreached People Group? Global Frontier Missions mobilizes individuals and churches to get involved with UPGs close to us and around the world. Find out how missions organizations define this term and how it is used to direct our work.

Missions 101: The Biblical Basis of Missions

How often is missions mentioned in the Bible? Is missions important to God? This teaching takes you from Genesis to Revelation, showing how much God cares about all peoples. God’s command has always been to take the knowledge of His glory to the ends of the earth. Take five minutes and learn about His story.

Missions 101: The State of the World

Now that you know what an Unreached People Group is and understand that we have a God on mission to display His glory among all the people of the earth, how is the Christian church doing? It has been almost 2,000 years since Jesus gave us the Great Commission; we should be close to completing it, right?

Missions 101: God’s Heart for the Foreigner

We know that God has a heart for all nations and desires people from every tribe, tongue, people and nation to be a part of His Kingdom. We see the need around the world and the places with no access to the Good News of Jesus Christ. 

Now, what about the influx of internationals living among us? How does God view people

migrating around the world?

Missions 101: 3D Gospel – Guilt Innocence, Honor Shame, and Fear Power Worldviews

Worldview varies from one culture to the next and is one of the biggest obstacles in the presentation and understanding of the Gospel. Cultures tend to be based on guilt/innocence, shame/honor, or fear/power. By increasing our understanding of each worldview, we will learn the most effective ways to share the Gospel with people from different cultures.

Missions 101: Christian Community Development (When Helping Hurts)

In hundreds of Bible verses, God commanded His people to care for orphans, widows, foreigners, sick, poor, and other marginalized people. Christians must embrace God’s loving heart and obey His commands to help people, not only spiritually, but also, physically. How do we do this in an effective way?

Missions 101: The Power of Multiplication

What would happen if we simply obeyed Jesus’ Great Commission given in Matthew 28 to make disciples of all nations? What would result if, instead of feeling burdened to “reach” an entire people group, missionaries found just one or a handful of teachable disciples to equip who would, in turn, find just one or a handful of teachable disciples to equip? Listen and discover the effects of faithful discipleship.

Missions 101: The Kingdom of God

Jesus said that "this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations

and then the end would come." How many of us have a good understanding of what the Kingdom of God is and how we can proclaim that to others? What would it look like not only to share the Good News that Jesus died on the cross for our sins but that "the Kingdom of Heaven is near"?

Christian Missions 201

If you liked these short teaching videos, consider going through our Online Missionary Training School. The first class is entirely FREE! After that, you will learn more about church planting movements, orality and storytelling, community development, evangelism and discipleship, learning language and culture, spiritual warfare, team dynamics, and much more!

Invite Global Frontier Missions to Share with You in Person:

Global Frontier Missions staff members travel regularly and are willing to visit your church, small group, college campus, or Perspectives class to engage in in-depth discussions on these topics. Contact us to arrange a time to explore God’s heart for the nations and possible next steps in missions with your group.