A Needy Nation
It is amazing and many times
shocking to realize that in the day
we live, there are many regions and
places across the United States where
multitudes of people have never
heard the good news that Jesus saves.

In Acts 1:8 the Lord gave the church
the scope or boundaries of His Great
Commission. His command for the
church was to go into Jerusalem, and
in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth.

We cannot and must not reach one
area without the other or one region
to the exclusion of the other. All four
areas mentioned in Acts 1:8 are to
be reached by the church and to be
done so simultaneously. The world is
a vast mission field but let us always
remember that America is part of
that world. Missions is not geography.

Missions is people.

Religious Nones
An Unreached People Group
Religious nones are people living in the
United States who describe themselves
as atheist, agnostic, or “nothing in
particular” when asked about their
religious affiliation in surveys. According
to Pew Research in 1972 only five percent
of all Americans were nones. In 1991,
it was seven percent but today it is 30
percent. Based on current population
figures nones now number over one
hundred million in America. The
percentage of nones between the ages of
12 and 28 is now running 40 percent.

Here is the interesting thing about this
group. A very low percentage happen to
be atheist or agnostic. Most when they
are surveyed believe in God or a higher
power. Over half consider themselves to
have spiritual thoughts and they admit
they struggle with disbelief.

We might just be overlooking an entire
unreached people group that live
amongst us. Nones are everywhere in
the United States, and they now make
up a third of our population. Would
you pray that our BIMI United States
missionaries would be able to reach a
portion of this unreached people group?