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Strangers Next Door: Migration, Immigration, and Mission J. D. Payne
Strangers Next Door:Migration, Immigration, and
Mission
J. D. Payne
Samuel and Young Cho
Samuel and Young
Server
David Boyd
3%232 Million
Acts 17: 26-27
The Divine Maestroand the Push-Pull Factors
What in the World is God Doing?
Yemen
1500-1850: European Colonialism and African Slave Trade Era
1850-1945: Industrial Era
1945-Present: Post-Industrial Global Migrations Era
Countries with the Highest Numbers of International Migrants, 2013
Country Estimated number of international migrants, 2013
United States 45,800,000Russian Federation 11,000,000Germany 9,800,000Saudi Arabia 9,100,000United Arab Emirates 7,800,000United Kingdom 7,800,000France 7,400,000Canada 7,300,000Australia 6,500,000Spain 6,500,000
$500 billion
West Africa from New York
Global People Groups: 11,642
Unreached People Groups: 6,734
“Unreached”?
THE STRANGERS NEXT DOOR ARE FROM WHERE?
Country of Birth Legal Perm. U.S. Residents, ’12Mexico 146,406China, People’s Republic 81,784India 66,434Philippines 57,327Dominican Republic 41,566Cuba 32,820Vietnam 28,304Haiti 22,818Columbia 20,931Korea, South 20,846Jamaica 20,705Iraq 20,369Burma 17,383El Salvador 16,256Pakistan 14,740Bangladesh 14,705
Top Places of Origin, International Students in the United States
Rank Country 2012/13 Percentage of Total
World Total 819,644 1001 China 235,597 28.72 India 96,754 11.83 South Korea 70,627 8.64 Saudi Arabia 44,566 5.45 Canada 27,357 3.36 Taiwan 21,867 2.77 Japan 19,568 2.48 Vietnam 16,098 2.09 Mexico 14,199 1.710 Turkey 11,278 1.4
Starbucks Drinking Saudis
2012 Refugee Arrivals to the U. S. by Country of Nationality
Bhutan 15,070Burma 14,160 Iraq 12,163Somalia 4,911 Cuba 1,948 Congo, Democratic Republic 1,863 Iran 1,758 Eritrea 1,346 Sudan 1,077Ethiopia 620All other countries, including unknown
3,263
Total 58,179
Mejra
THE WORLD’S UNREACHED IN THE WEST
How Many UPGs in the West?
Country UPGs, Global Research
Andorra 5Australia 43Austria 23Belgium 34Canada 180Denmark 20Finland 6France 97Germany 64Greenland 1Iceland 4Ireland 10
Country UPGs, Global Research
Italy 48Liechtenstein 3Luxembourg 10Malta 5Monaco 6Netherlands 41New Zealand 21Norway 11Portugal 22San Marino 2Spain 37Sweden 28Switzerland 18United Kingdom 73United States 361
1,200
How Many UPGs in the
United States and Canada?
35,000 Feet to
15,000 Feet
Country UPGs, Global Research
Canada 180United States
361
TOTAL: 541
Countries with the Largest Numbers of UPGs
Rank Country UPGs1 India 9412 China 3683 United States 3614 Brazil 1875 Canada 1806 Indonesia 1777 Mexico 161
Guidelines for Reaching the Strangers
Next Door
• Be intentional• Learn as you go• Expect to make
mistakes
• Work the bridges of God
• Prioritize along receptivity lines
• Understand cultural and generational differences
• Contextualize methods
• Practice evangelism that results in new churches
• Keep things simple and highly reproducible
• Avoid paternalism
Strategy for Reaching the Strangers Next Door
R. E. P. S.
Your Team
Stranger Next Door
Strangers Next Door:Migration, Immigration, and
Mission
J. D. Payne
