Back to School Resource Guide
Back to School Resource Guide
| Format: | Paperback |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Size: | 5.0 in x 7.0 in |
| Weight: | 15.0 ounces |
| ISBN-13: | 979-8-8749-1090-7 |
| ISBN-UPC: | 9798874910907 |
| Published: | January 19, 2027 |
Reaching the Unreached: Who They Are and How to Reach Them
By Brooks Buser, Justin Harris, Series edited by Jonathan Leeman, Scott Logsdon, Brooks Buser
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Reaching the Unreached: Who They Are and How to Reach Them
By Brooks Buser, Justin Harris, Series edited by Jonathan Leeman, Scott Logsdon, Brooks Buser
9Marks Guide Empowers Believers to Reach the Last Languages with the Gospel Through Long-Term, Church-Centered Missions
Jesus told his followers that salvation “should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem (Luke 24:47).” But different characteristics between people groups—including language, lineage, laws, and land—can make it difficult to reach those who have no access to the gospel. If believers are to fulfill the Great Commission, they must be equipped to navigate these barriers.
In this brief guide, Brooks Buser and Justin Harris help missionaries and their sending churches reach unreached language groups through effective, biblical missions strategies. Buser shares from his experience living with the Yembiyembi people, translating the scriptures into their native tongue and teaching them the Bible until a church was planted. Harris writes from a local perspective, explaining how churches provide a healthy foundation for international missions. Together, they detail how to build and strengthen churches around the world, emphasizing long-term health, not hurry. Offering an effective, biblical strategy for global evangelism, this guide equips believers to reach the last languages with God’s word.
- Comprehensive: Offers focused, long-term strategies for planting and strengthening churches in majority and minority languages
- Insightful: Draws wisdom from the authors’ own experiences as missionaries, as well as Scripture and the accomplishments of missionaries throughout church history
- Accessible: Written to guide pastors, staff, and missions-minded Christians in developing a healthy view of missions
- Part of the 9Marks Church-Centered Missions Series
Authors:
Brooks Buser (BS, San Diego Christian College) worked as a CFO of a Dutch multinational before he and Nina moved to Papua New Guinea to see a church planted among the Yembiyembi people. Over the thirteen years there, they developed an alphabet for the Yembiyembi language, taught them how to read and write in their own language, translated the Scriptures, and established a New Testament church. Brooks has an honorary PhD in linguistics and Bible translation from San Diego Christian College. He presently serves as the president of Radius International and Missionary.com.
Product Details
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Right Walls
Part 1: The Where and to Whom
Chapter 1: Languages and Lordship: God’s Heart for Tribes and Tongues
Chapter 2: The Historic Case for Unreached Language Groups
Chapter 3: Why Reaching the Unreached Is So Confusing
Part 2: The How
Chapter 4: The Healthy Church as the Finish Line
Chapter 5: Urgent Versus Hasty
Chapter 6: Challenges and Opportunities of Reaching the Unreached
Chapter 7: Practical Habits for Churches Wanting to Reach the Unreached
Conclusion: And Then the End Will Come
Endorsements
“Buser and Harris cogently demonstrate that church planting among unreached languages lies at the very center of biblical missions. This book will equip churches with the conviction and strategy to prioritize the most difficult task within the Great Commission—namely, reaching those languages that have no self-supporting, self-propagating congregations.”
Jeramie Rinne, Senior Pastor, Sanibel Community Church, Sanibel, Florida; author, Church Elders
“ Reaching the Unreached is a must read for any church that is seeking to take the Great Commission seriously. In the Bible we read of ‘a great number from all tribes and peoples and languages’ that God has redeemed to himself (Rev. 7:9). The great question the church must ask is, How are we to reach this ‘great number,’ especially the unreached? Our God has not left us in the dark; he has told us how this is to be done. Buser and Harris confront us simply, biblically, and compellingly with God’s strategy for mission. Amid the confusions that skew the modern understanding of the missio Dei, this primer is a vital help in recovering God’s revealed will concerning reaching the unreached. I cannot commend this book more enthusiastically.”
Ian Hamilton, President, The Paton Society; Professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology, Westminster Seminary, UK
“This book is a wise primer for how churches should think about unreached language groups. Reaching them is a daunting task for a church. Typically, an unreached language group (1) speaks a language that is difficult to learn, (2) lives in a country that persecutes Christians, and (3) lives in a place that is hard to get to and uncomfortable to live in. The mission involves a calculated risk, and it requires a high level of training. Missionaries to such groups are a Christian version of Navy SEALs—gifted, mature, stable. The eternal benefit is worth it.”
Andy Naselli, Professor of Systematic Theology and New Testament, Bethlehem College and Seminary; Lead Pastor, Christ the King Church, Stillwater, Minnesota; Adjunct Faculty, Radius International
“By concise yet clear exposition and by capturing the vast plan of God for the nations, Reaching the Unreached is a call back to faithful missions, one that does not guilt the reader into giving nor thrill him with a faulty sense of adventure. Instead, Buser and Harris pastorally help us understand the true endeavor of missions: healthy churches starting and strengthening healthy churches to the ends of the earth. For anyone who really wants to understand the theology and practice of missions, this book is a most helpful primer.”
Abner Chou, President and John F. MacArthur Endowed Fellow, The Master’s University and Seminary
“Brooks Buser and Justin Harris have served the church well by writing this biblical yet practical book on reaching unreached lands and languages with the gospel. Every pastor, congregation, and Christian should reflect on and implement the wisdom of this book as we strive to make Christian disciples of all nations.”
H. B. Charles Jr., Pastor, Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida
“If you want to sharpen your thinking and commitment to missions, Reaching the Unreached is a must read. Brooks Buser and Justin Harris serve as clear, gracious guides through the maze of modern missionary terminology, strategy, and practice. This book will help pastors lead and congregations participate more faithfully and fruitfully in the Great Commission. I highly recommend it!”
David M. Doran, President, Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary; author, For the Sake of His Name
“Reaching the unreached is not a trend in missions; it is central to obeying the Great Commission. Yet contemporary appeals to reaching the unreached often rely on pragmatic and trendy methodologies. Buser and Harris reset a clear biblical perspective on which practical methodologies can be realigned. This is a clear and much-needed resource for those who want to do God’s work in God’s way.”
Mark A. Tatlock, President, The Master’s Academy International; Professor of Missions, The Master’s University and Seminary