It is a BRAND NEW YEAR!

Dear Friends,

Here it is a BRAND NEW YEAR and I am already two days late in writing this blog! What a great start! Seriously, Judy and I have been traveling and this past Monday when I should have been writing I was "riding!" We were traveling and I was not able to make the entry. I am thinking that this will not be the last time this happens in 2010!

OK, OK already! Enough whining!

2010 really looks like it is going to have "over the top" possibilities! I am speaking specifically about planting churches among those least reached people groups. Our goal and vision is to see that 100,000 new house churches are planted these next five years among the least reached people groups. Let's make sure we are clear on the definitions:
*UUPG would be an "unengaged, unreached people group." That means that particular people group has never heard the name of Jesus Christ, consequently no one in that group has ever heard the Gospel.
*UPG would be "unreached people group." This definition means that 1% or less of the population of that particular people groups have heard the name of Jesus Christ. In other words, somebody has been "engaged" in that group.
*"Least reached people group," would encompass both UUPG's and UPG's.

Once again, that is 100,000 churches- all house churches due to the inability to build buildings or have open meetings in these diffucult places where these churches will be planted. Our goal and objective is that by December 31, 2014, these 100,000 churches will be up and running.

You are thinking, "OK, Graydon can't even get his post to this blog every Monday so how will there ever be 100,000 churches planted in these next five years?" Great question! The only way this will happen is because God is in it! And we believe He is! We are praying for a "movement!" A movement is something that happens when the Holy Spirit takes over and the organizations and the strategies of men become secondary to the move of God among people. Following the biblical model of training people who in turn train people to the degree that they teach others who also will teach others is the key. And when we are not concerned about who gets the glory...other than that God gets the glory...you can see immediately how this can happen...over these next five years.

Enough for this Wednesday- I'll see you again this coming Monday...hopefully!

Blessings and prayers,
Graydon Jessup
714.488.7922
gjessup@stadia.cc
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P.S. I will be speaking Jan 31st at Greater First Christian in Torrance, CA, and Feb 7th at Central Christian Church in San Jose, CA.