Ten Ways to Find Communities of Unreached People in Your Town

As many of you know the student at the BCWE national campus are having a blast reaching out to the different people groups in the Atlanta area. Here are some suggestions on how you can get involved in this type of ministry in your area.


Ten Ways to Find Communities of Unreached People in Your Town
(or one nearby!)

1. Look up ethnic restaurants in your yellow pages.

2. Visit or call ethnic churches and ask about their lesser-evangelized
neighbor communities.

3. Attend international festivals or other cultural events at
a university.

4. Call a church that has has been successful in reaching out to different people groups and ask them for some ideas. Sounds simple, but sometimes we forget others are interested in furthering the Kingdom also.

5. To find an on-line starting point, search the phrase “refugee
services” plus the name of the town you’re interested in. This
will turn up Christian and governmental agencies and efforts
to help refugees. Connecting with them can move you down the
road to locating ethnic areas.

6. Check out Ethnic Harvest (http://www.ethnicharvest.org).

7. Consider posting a question in the appropriate state forum
(http://www.city-data.com).

8. Check a guidebook. Granted, this works better if you live
in Amsterdam or San Francisco, but it’s worth a look. Of course,
if you’re checking out Indianapolis, this step won’t take very
long!

9. Visit the library and glance through the free literature rack.
Or if you’re really feeling adventurous, visit a high-traffic
government office. Check the languages that literature is printed
in, then go google that language and your city name.

10. Visit a large library and have a real-life conversation with
a librarian.

Adapted from this article: Missions Catalyst Features: PRACTICAL MOBILIZATION -- Wed Sep 13, 2006 -- Edited by Shane Bennett