Reaching the Lost: Frontier People Groups

FAMILY PRAYER SERIES

Welcome to the third (of four!) family prayer guides for the lost around the world! Use this as a tool to help engage your kids in global intercession. Utilize components that work well for your family and don't worry about the rest! This shouldn't feel stressful but an adventure into family prayer for the world! 

This month we are unpacking what it means for someone to be a frontier people group. 

What is a Frontier People Group?

A frontier people group is an unreached people group (UPG) with almost zero Christians and needs believers from another culture to come share the gospel. While some UPGs have a small number of believers (but often not enough to form a growing church), frontiers have almost no Christians.

The Joshua Project estimates 4,980 frontiers people groups exist around the world. About 99.9% of church monetary giving is directed toward itself which leaves 0.01% of giving to take the gospel to the unreached. This means American Christians send most of their money to missionaries in parts of the world the gospel is available. Of the 0.01% of the money going to the unreached, even less reaches frontier people groups!

How Your Family Can Pray for Frontier People Groups

Prayer Prompts

Carve out a few minutes–on the drive to school, during breakfast, before bed–and lift up frontier people groups using the following prayer prompts (and add to this list with your own prayers!):

1) Pray for American churches to send more money to send missionaries to frontier people groups.

2) Pray for nearby cultures with Christians to send missionaries to frontier people groups.

3) Ask for frontier people groups to meet Christians and have a chance to hear the gospel in their language.

Activities

Below are some activities to learn more about frontier people groups. 

1) Download the Who are Frontier People Groups?, a 31-day children's prayer guide by Indigitous. Spend the next month praying for a different frontier people group. Each day includes a short story, ways to pray, and a Prayercast video link.

2) Read In Fear of the Spear together. This Imagination Station book walks through the true story of how a frontier people group became followers of Jesus.

As you go about this month, remember to pray for frontier people groups! Swing by next month to learn how to pray for the minimally reached (and to unpack what that even means!).