Remember the unreached - 1 in 5 still waiting for the Bible in their language

For over two years, I have shared with you updates from the frontiers of mission. It has felt like watching a sunrise – each new Bible translation a ray of light reaching the one in five still waiting for God’s Word in their language.

This year, we are inviting people like you to help reach the “unreached” – those 3.4 billion people worldwide who live in communities without a local church capable of sharing the gospel with them. As we prayed for the unreached through our daily prayer diary last year, we remembered people like the Rofca* and the Ceren*. The reality for these people is often one of profound spiritual darkness.

Phoebe*, a team leader working in Asia, describes it vividly: “There is a lot of spiritual darkness here … a spiritual oppression, a binding that wants to keep people where they are. There is a lot of fear.” In these “remote communities”, the darkness isn’t just a lack of information; it is the darkness of distance and isolation from the hope of Christ.