The Last Mile – UPG Networking

Welcome! You can get involved by: 1. Promoting or Going / 2. Networking With Others and/or 3. Accessing Vital Information

1. Promoting or Going to your countries UPG’s

The unreached people group catalog for your country is for you to mobilize, go or send to those groups. It is unique to your country, in other words, the groups on your country list are not found on other lists. If you want to add groups you can. It is as simple as that! Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (Matthwe 28:19).

The Last Mile – Unreached People Group Networking section of the Global Great Commission Network is bringing together small people group lists for you to go, promote and/or send to from your country. They are called “Catalogs of Unreached People Groups” and your country has a catalog or will have one soon. This new way of working together has already taken hold in a several countries in the Latin mission movement. With every country doing their part we will bring Christ’s return sooner and avoid duplication as much as possible without the need for secure platforms containing sensitive information. Take your catalog, promote, and go. The catalogs are housed on the Etnopedia to give you access to the latest information.

Levels of Use > Level 0 – unknown, Level 1 – used some, Level 2 – used moderately, Level 3 – highly used

English Speaking Countries:
Australia Catalog of Unreached Ethnic Groups – 0
Canada Catalog of Unreached Ethnic Groups – 0
New Zealand Catalog of Unreached Ethnic Groups – 1
United Kingdom Catalog of Unreached Ethnic Groups – 1
United States Catalog of Unreached Ethnic Groups – 1

Paises hispanohablantes:
Argentina Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 3
Bahamas Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Belice Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Bolivia Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1
Chile Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 3
Colombia Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Costa Rica Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Cuba Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1
Ecuador Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1
El Salvador Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1
España Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1
Guatemala Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1
Guayana Francesa Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Guyana Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Haití Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Honduras Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Jamaica Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
México Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 3
Nicaragua Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Panamá Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Paraguay Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Perú Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Portugal Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Puerto Rico Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
República Dominicana Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 2
Surinam Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Trinidad y Tobago Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 0
Uruguay Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1
Venezuela Catálogo de Etnias No Alcanzadas – 1

Países de língua portuguesa:
Brasil Catálogo de Grupos Étnicos Não Alcançados – 2

Comming soon:
German
Mandarin Chinese

Ask for your countries catalog here.

2. Networking With Others:

The Last Mile – Unreached People Group Networking section of the Global Great Commission Network exists to facilitate networking on specific unreached people groups. It is a forum for any entity or individual:

  1. Facilitators and Mobilizers
  2. Mission Agencies
  3. Prayer Networks
  4. Churches and Church Movements
  5. Missionary Movements
  6. Donors and Potential Donors
  7. Business (BOM) people and individuals looking for opportunities to connect with outreach to UPG’s.
  8. Individuals wanting to pray for, support or go to specific unreached people groups.
Instructions: If you or your entity have an interest in networking with others on specific unreached people groups, you will need to:
  • If you are reading this page, you are already registered on the Connect network, provided by GGCN. For the security of you, your entity and the people group, only registered and approved users have access to these UPG forums. Each registration is carefully vetted.
  • Once you are connected you will be able to Search for your people group or choose a people group on the following link: https://connect.ggcn.org/forums/forum/1-upg-networking/
  • Then express your interest briefly by adding a comment on the specific unreached people group you choose
  • And finally click the subscribe button to receive all updates to that topic in your email box.
  • You can also check the box “Notify me of follow-up replies via email” if you want to be alerted that another entity has responded to your comment
  • If you do not see your unreached people group, simply add a new topic where you see “Create New Topic in “The Last Mile – Unreached People Group Networking Forum”.
    • Add the unreached people group name where you see “Topic Title (Maximum Length: 80):”
    • Directly after the people name, add the country in parentheses
    • Example: Ingush (Russia)
    • Example: Sherpa, Helambu (Nepal)
  • If you need help message the administrator of the forum or email: upgadmin@ggcn.org
  • If you would like to make a private networking group around a specific people group (for security reasons) go through the steps above and message the administrator.

3. Access Vital Information:

Understanding Unreached People Groups and Finishing the Task of the Great Commission:

You can visit these links or download and read these important articles in PDF format:

Sources of specific Unreached People Groups:

The primary sources of Unreached People Group information used on the UPG Network in Connect are listed here:

  1. Etnopedia – Etnopedia.org – A community of Christian research workers and translators creating unreached people profiles in many languages.
  2. IMB/Southern Baptist Convention – Peoplegroups.org
  3. Joshua Project list – JoshuaProject.net
  4. World Christian Database – WorldChristianDatabase.org
  5. Harvest Information System – a code set designed to help cross-reference the research efforts’ databases — Harvest Information System.

Note: The Etnopedia community is undertaking a two year effort to combine all the existing databases mentioned above into one for the purpose of greater ease of facilitation of networking and sending. The Global Great Commission Network has a working relationship with the Etnopedia community to provide the UPG Networking forum with people groups that are currently considered unreached by all the sources listed above.