Finishing the Task

Dear Friends,

I wrote about Finishing the Task in my last blog. What an event it was. Convened by Paul Eshleman, with Campus Crusade, I was able to join in with about 38 other men and women who are all committed to the task of carrying the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet. The information and the insights were truly amazing. Here are just two examples:

• A recording of the Jesus Film can be made in the heart language of an unreached people group, even though that particular people group does not have a written language!
• The nation with the most people groups, and the most unengaged, unreached people groups is India! (India has 1,132 distinct people groups and 89 are left who have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.)

There are three agencies who keep comprehensive global people group lists.

• World Christian Database/WCD www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/
• IMB/CPPI http://www.peoplegroups.org
• Joshua Project/JP http://www.joshuaproject.net

You can click on to any one of these web sites and see what we are seeing- lists of least reached people groups around the globe. Between the three you can easily gain a world wide perspective of what is happening within the various people groups. Once you see the trends you can begin to plan strategically to carry the Gospel to all peoplle who have such great needs...in Christ Jesus!

We live in exciting times. This is not the time to hide under a rock. Rather this is the day and hour that God has given us to stand up and be counted for him.

Just so you know, one of the JONATHANS has had tremendous impact in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank and another JONATHAN couple, along with their 10 month old daughter, are leaving for Afghanistan and the Punjab people. The amazing "exploits" of these modern day Apostle Paul's can be told over and again. God is at work...big time!

We pray an Acts 4:24-31 "holy boldness" on all JONATHANS as well as on all who are carrying the Gospel to the least reached people groups among us...right now!

Judy and I wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And though we do not know what 2011 holds in store for any of us, we do know the Lord Jesus Christ...and ultimately He is the only ONE we need to not only know, but with whom we also need personal relationship.

Prayers and blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup

graydon.jessup@gmail.com

714.488.7922

BIG Week

Dear Friends,

This is a BIG week for THE JONATHAN PROJECT!

Last spring I had been invited to attend a meeting called, FINISHING THE TASK which would be held December 8/9, 2010. The meeting is being convened by Paul Eshleman who has been with Campus Crusade all of his career. He is the developer and marketing strategist for THE JESUS FILM, the most watched film in the history of the planet! Just a few years ago he handed the responsibilities of THE JESUS FILM over to others and he has dedicated the rest of his life to getting the Gospel out to the least reached people groups. The result: FINISHING THE TASK.

About 30-40 individuals and mission agencies who have the same passion- to get the Gospel out to the least reached people groups- will meet to do three things:

• Review what God has done this past year
• Where are we right now, today?
• What do we hope to accomplish in the future?

I am looking forward to these two intense days for a number of reasons. First and foremost I will have a front row seat for what is happening around the world with the least reached people groups. Second, I will be able to better position THE JONATHAN PROJECT and our new ministry HEART AND SOUL90 to fit in to what God is doing with everyone else! And finally we all will leave with some specific marching orders for 2011. Pretty exciting I would say!

Blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup

graydon.jessup@gmail.com

714.488.7922

National Missionary Convention

Dear Friends,

This week (Nov 18-21, 2010) the National Missionary Convention of the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ will be held in Lexington, KY. (http://nationalmissionaryconvention.org/) My friend and colleague, Lee Bridges, will be leading a number of JONATHAN PROJECT worshops on site. I highly recommend these workshops as they will give you an understanding of what is happening in the world wide picture of carrying the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet...and how you might become involved!

I will not be attending the Convention this year...but will be at the Convention in Atlanta, GA, in 2011!

My next very important event will be in South Orange County, (California), with a group called "Finishing the Task." (www.finishingthetask.com) I will be partnering with about 30-40 other Mission Agencies and Organizations who are all dedicated to this global initiative- taking the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet! This is the first time THE JONATHAN PROJECT has been invited to this meeting. We are blessed and encouraged that we will be linking up with others who are dedicated to this world wide objective. I will have more to say about these meetings in future blogs.

I was very happy with the article written in the Nov 21/28, 2010, CHRISTIAN STANDARD, (Vol CXLV, Num 47) about the JONATHAN PROJECT! As we get this story out, more and more people are wanting to get involved...and that is a good thing. If you want to know more and/or become involved you can contact me personally at the email below. I can put you in contact with least reached people groups AND with modern day JONATHANS who are either already on the field or who are going into a very difficult area to preach the Gospel.

In this Thanksgiving season I am truly grateful for all who are partnering with us in this huge undertaking. What an exciting time to be alive!!!

Blessings,

Graydon Jessup
714.488.7922
graydon.jessup@gmail.com
graydonandjudy.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/graydon.jessup

Great News

Dear Friends,

Greetings to all of you from Boulder, CO. Judy and I are moved in and we have started an Interim Ministry with Boulder Valley Christian Church for six months to one year. (www.bvchristian.org) We are looking forward to the adventure. It has already been established that this move for us really is a "God-thing" in some pretty amazing ways. Our current plans are that we will continue our move North to Alaska once our assignment here is completed.

While here we will continue our global ministry with THE JONATHAN PROJECT as well as the developing ministry of HEART AND SOUL90, which is the energizing support base for THE JONATHAN PROJECT. As I have mentioned in other places, our five year goal is to see 100,000 churches planted among the least reached people groups of the world. Our first year goal was to see 5,000 multiplying churches planted among the least reached people groups. From the various reports we are receiving we are on our way to meet that goal for this year!

Many of you will have the opportunity to read the article I have written in The Christian Standard (www.christianstandard.com) That article has generated a lot of discussion- all good I might add. We are working hard to get this word out that there are specific ways to connect modern day JONATHANS with unreached people groups. It is our objective to see that all people hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that they are able to make that personal decision of receiving Jesus Christ as their Savior and as their Lord! If you would like to know more about the possibilities of getting connected- send me an email: graydon.jessup@gmail.com We will connect you with an unreached people group and with JONATHANS who are trained and ready to carry the Gospel to the least reached on the globe! You can make an eternal difference in the lives of those who have never heard!

Let's be in contact and let's see where this might all lead us!

With many thanksgivings!

Graydon and Judy Jessup
714.488.7922
graydon.jessup@gmail.com
graydonandjudy.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/graydon.jessup

P.S. If you pass through Boulder, CO, look us up: www.bvchristian.org We would love to see you!

We are on the move!

To all of our Friends,

Yesterday (October 28,2010) we moved out of our home in Placentia, CA, and loaded up the U-Haul truck to begin the journey North to Alaska.

As many of you know the Lord had different plans. We will take a little 6-12 month side trip through Boulder, CO to serve as Interim Pastor with Boulder Valley Christian Church. We are looking forward to serving and helping this church in this season that they are without a Sr Pastor. Once that assignment is complete we will continue North to Alaska.

For most of you reading this blog you are wondering if our work with THE JONATHAN PROJECT and HEART AND SOUL90 will continue. The answer to that is YES! In fact that was part of the discussion as we prayed and considered this short Interim position with BVCC. Our heart is for planting multiplying churches among the least reached people groups. We have not lost our passion nor our vision for those who have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This blog will continue to tell the story. Once in Boulder we will bring all of you up to date. Currently we are on target for the planting of 5,000 new churches this year- all among those who are considered "least reached!"

Since we are on the road...literally...this blog entry will be brief. We'll "catch you up" with more info in a week or so. May the blessings of the Lord be with each and everyone of you!

Graydon and Judy Jessup
714.488.7922
graydon.jessup@gmail.com
graydonandjudy.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/graydon.jessup

Continuing BIG story for the Jessups

Dear Friends,

We have one more hurdle to clear in escrow- will the appraisal be in line with what we sold our house for. (Bad English but you get the idea!) That should be completed this week. So by the next blog you will know what we know!

On another front we received our 501(c)(3) IRS exemption for HEART AND SOUL90 just this past Friday. That is great news as it is this vehicle that will financially support THE JONATHAN PROJECT and the ministry to least reached people groups. (We have been working on this project on the side.)

Whatever the case, the months of October and November promise to be huge for the Jessups.

Thanks for your prayers ahead of time! See you next week.

Blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup
graydon.jessup@gmail.com
714.488.7922
www.facebook.com/graydon.jessup

ONE BIG Change for the Jessups

To all of our Friends scattered everywhere:

After much prayer and some fasting, we have made the decision to move from Southern California back to Alaska.

1. Seven of our twelve grandchildren live in Alaska!
2. We can do our JONATHAN Ministry from anywhere in the world- which would include Alaska!
3. When we realized those two realities, we made the decision to move forward.
4. We put our home up for sale and it sold in 18 days- unheard of in this economy!
5. The inspection of our home revealed three very small corrections. Our Realtor mentioned that she had never seen something this quick and/or easy.
6. Everything being equal our 30 day escrow should be completed October 21, 2010. We should be packed up and on the highway immediately after that date.

Here is a very important thing to remember: We will still be doing THE JONATHAN PROJECT...yes, from Alaska! Our momentum is in full swing and over the next year or so we will see this ministry continue to expand and explode. With technology and air travel, we can do this ministry from anywhere in the world. We will not be slowing down.

I wish I could have told everyone personally, but that was an impossibility. So we will need to rely on "technology" to get this word out.

We will keep you all posted!

Blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup

graydon.jessup@gmail.com