We have work to do

As we gear up for 2012, this map from the Joshua Project provides a good overview of where we – the global church – have work to do. In many of the parts of the world that are colored red in the map above, there are new believers and young churches who have exactly zero discipleship resources in their language. The vision and purpose of Distant Shores Media is to come alongside them and help equip them with unrestricted discipleship resources that are accessible to them and bring about the same principles of Nehemiah 8:8:

"They read out of the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read." —Nehemiah 8:8 HCSB (emphasis mine)

This verse provides a good overview of Distant Shores Media's goals in world missions. Note how the approach used was oral in nature ("they read out of the book" so the people could hear), based on the Word of God, translated into the language of the hearers, and explained (this is the function of discipleship resources that provide explanation and assistance in comprehension) with the goal of enabling the people to understand the Word of God.

Is this where your heart is? Are you ready to find out more about how you can get involved in the advance of God's Kingdom among the least-reached people groups of the world? We would love to hear from you.

Source of map: JoshuaProject.net