Ends of the Earth

“. . . and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ENDS OF THE EARTH”

We have looked at this last command of Jesus for our focus of Lynwood’s Mission Vision. We defined Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria. So where is the ‘Ends of the Earth’ or the Uttermost? If we can go anywhere in the world by hopping on a plane or send an email around the world or have a conversation on a cell phone or satellite phone, is there still a place called ‘the uttermost’? Don’t we have missionaries all over the world?

The answer to all of the above questions is YES. We can hop on a plane, send an email, & have a phone conversation with the uttermost, but all of these are monitored and restricted by those in power. We have defined the Uttermost as the Unreached People Groups or people living in restricted access areas of the World.

What is an Unreached People Group (UPG)? An Unreached People Group is a people of common language and culture for which there is no indigenous (locally led) church movement having sufficient strength and resources to ensure continuous multiplication of churches.

Jesus last command to His followers was to be His witnesses in THE UTTERMOST! How can Lynwood fulfill this part of the Great Commission? Currently Lynwood has defined our Uttermost as the Highlands of Jalisco, Mexico – specifically Union de San Antonio. This is in the ‘dark heart of Mexico’ – less than 2% of the region is evangelized. There is no evangelical church in this area. Lynwood is the Strategy Coordinating church responsible for taking the Gospel to this area. Right now if we don’t send down teams, no one will! Jesus said, ‘the fields are white unto harvest, but the workers are few. . . ‘

Is God calling you to the Uttermost? GET A PASSPORT AND CALL JEFF SMITH! You were ‘made for a mission, to become a ‘world-class Christian’ to ‘reach one more for Jesus!’ Will you accept the Acts 1:8 Challenge?