Resourcing Church Planting Where Christ Is Not Named or Known
“I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, where Christ has not already been named.” Romans 15:20
Unreached people groups are unreached because they are the hardest, most expensive, and often most dangerous places to reach. So most of the church planting resources and efforts go to already reached people. Those who want to go often have the least access to the vast resources of the Church. So if someone doesn’t resource and support pioneer church planters to go to the 1.9 billion unreached people, how will the world be reached with the Gospel? Why not us! Why not now!
The scale of the task is massive, but with God, anything is possible!
3,218
Frontier people groups worldwide—each one 0.1% Christian or less.
1.9B
People living within those frontier groups, with almost no gospel witness among them.
23.4%
Of the world’s population belongs to a people group where Christ has not been named.
Joshua Project tracks every people group on earth by how much access they have to the gospel. Frontier groups are 0.1% Christian or less—fewer than 1 in 1,000 have ever called on the name of Jesus. Source: Joshua Project, Frontier People Groups, accessed September 2026. Figures update as field research is reported.
Our mission and strategy is to support pioneer church planters where Jesus is not named or known by creating, raising, and generously giving resources.Mission & Strategy
A gospel-centered church among every people group in our generation.
Our Values
Biblically Based
We are faithful to Scripture in who we are and all we do.
Gospel Centered
We are committed to doing ministry grounded in the good news of Jesus.
Pioneer Planting
We are called to be on the leading front of supporting church planters where there are no churches at all, in order to make disciples of all nations.
Generous Partnership
We work through relationships with and between existing churches, organizations, individuals, and pioneer church planters to be generous.
How We Resource the Mission
Our strategy has three parts—we create resources, raise support, and give generously so pioneer planters can go.
Create
We generate our own resources to fund the work, independent of any single source of support.
- Investment income
- Consulting
- Equipping services
- Book sales and other materials
Raise
We raise support through relationships with the wider Church and those who share our vision.
- Churches
- Individuals
- Organizations
- Grants
Give
We deploy what we create and raise directly into the hands of pioneer church planters—generously, and through real relationship.
- Funding for planters and teams
- Training and equipping
- Ongoing partnership on the field
Help send the gospel where it has never gone.
Whether you're a church, an organization, or an individual, there's a way to partner with pioneer planters taking the name of Jesus to the frontier.