Strangers Next Door:Migration, Immigration, and

Mission

J. D. Payne

jpayne@brookhills.org

@jd_paynejdpayne.org

Samuel and Young Cho

Samuel and Young

Server

David Boyd

3%232 Million

• Migration• Migrant• Immigration• Emigration• Asylum Seeker• Refugee

Acts 17: 26-27

The Divine Maestroand the Push-Pull Factors

What in the World is God Doing?

Yemen

1500-1850: European Colonialism and African Slave Trade Era

1850-1945: Industrial Era

1945-Present: Post-Industrial Global Migrations Era

Countries with the Highest Numbers of International Migrants, 2013Country Estimated number of

international migrants, 2013United States 45,800,000Russian Federation 11,000,000Germany 9,800,000Saudi Arabia 9,100,000United Arab Emirates 7,800,000United Kingdom 7,800,000France 7,400,000Canada 7,300,000Australia 6,500,000Spain 6,500,000

$500 billion

West Africa from New York

Global People Groups: 11,642

Unreached People Groups: 6,734

“Unreached”?

THE STRANGERS NEXT DOOR ARE FROM WHERE?

Country of Birth Perm. Canadian Residents, ’12

China, People’s Republic 33,018Philippines 32,747India 28,943Pakistan 9,931United States 9,414France 8,138Iran 6,463United Kingdom 6,365Haiti 5,600Korea, Republic of 5,308Egypt 4,823United Arab Emirates 4,253Mexico 4,032Colombia 3,678Morocco 3,630Algeria 3,247

Country of Birth Perm. Canadian Residents, ’12Sri Lanka 3,152Nigeria 3,095Bangladesh 2,450Ukraine 2,203Israel 2,183Afghanistan 2,155Jamaica 2,145Iraq 2,125Cameroon 2,042Russia 1,962Saudi Arabia 1,892Germany 1,890Turkey 1,819Ethiopia 1,740Vietnam, Socialist Republic 1,702Total: 257,887

Top Places of Origin, International Students in Canada

Rank Country 2012World Total 104,810

1 China 25,3462 India 13,1363 Korea 7,2124 France 5,7625 United States 4,7436 Saudi Arabia 4,4067 Japan 3,9508 Mexico 3,3759 Brazil 2,29510 Germany 2,046

Starbucks Drinking Saudis

2012 Refugee Arrivals to Canada by Country of Nationality

Mexico 7,945China, People’s Republic of 7,032Hungary 6,957Haiti 5,617Colombia 3,719India 3,109Nigeria 2,838Pakistan 2,801Sri Lanka 2,530Saint Vincent and Grenadines 1,850Congo, Democratic Republic of 1,788Total 89,385

Mejra

THE WORLD’S UNREACHED IN THE WEST

How Many UPGs in the West?

Country UPGs, Global Research

Andorra 5Australia 43Austria 23Belgium 34Canada 180Denmark 20Finland 6France 97Germany 64Greenland 1Iceland 4Ireland 10

Country UPGs, Global Research

Italy 48Liechtenstein 3Luxembourg 10Malta 5Monaco 6Netherlands 41New Zealand 21Norway 11Portugal 22San Marino 2Spain 37Sweden 28Switzerland 18United Kingdom 73United States 361

1,200

How Many UPGs in the

United States and Canada?

35,000 Feet to

15,000 Feet

Country UPGs, Global Research

Canada 180United States

361

TOTAL: 541

Countries with the Largest Numbers of UPGs

Rank Country UPGs1 India 9412 China 3683 United States 3614 Brazil 1875 Canada 1806 Indonesia 1777 Mexico 161

Guidelines for Reaching the Strangers

Next Door

• Be intentional• Learn as you go• Expect to make

mistakes

• Work the bridges of God

• Prioritize along receptivity lines

• Understand cultural and generational differences

• Contextualize methods

• Practice evangelism that results in new churches

• Keep things simple and highly reproducible

• Avoid paternalism

Strategy for Reaching the Strangers Next Door

R. E. P. S.

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Stranger Next Door

Strangers Next Door:Migration, Immigration, and

Mission

J. D. Payne