Let’s consider a different view of the task. What if we wanted to reach all the unreached kids of the world, about 1.4 billion children under 15? What if every church in North America challenged itself to reach and disciple (please do not skip this word) 100 totally unreached kids around the world each year through its mission ministries and teams? About 300,000 congregations (even if some do not have a current interest in mission) times 100 kids equals…30 million kids! Some churches might do more. Some might do less.
Even if this dream were possible, it would barely move us forward. Why? Because, right now, more than 88 million kids are born each year into families that do not know Jesus. So we’d still be falling behind, just with annual biological growth. We will barely have begun to reach the 1.4 billion unreached children who are already waiting to know Christ, much less reach the new ones. [Page 102]
Source: Sylvia Foth, Daddy Are We There Yet? (A global check-in on the world of mission and kids), Kidzana Ministries, Mukilteo, 2009
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