DTS Chapel - Teach Truth. Love Well. WEC: Defining Lostness
Mar 11, 2025
The podcast kicks off with a warm welcome to the World Evangelization Conference, celebrating its 75th anniversary. It explores the Great Commission and the evolution of 'people groups' in missions. Listeners dive into the cultural significance of Hebrew and Greek terms related to community. A theological journey reflects on humanity's origins and the implications of divine scattering. Lastly, it highlights the importance of personal relationships in reaching the lost, emphasizing tailored gospel outreach and the ongoing journey of discipleship.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Nations and People Groups
- The Great Commission's "nations" (Greek: ethne) doesn't solely mean countries.
- It encompasses distinct people groups within countries, as early missionaries discovered.
Diversity Within Nations
- Early missionaries, aiming to reach nations (countries), discovered diverse peoples within them.
- These groups had distinct languages, cultures, and often animosity, hindering gospel access.
Hidden Peoples and the 1040 Window
- In the 1970s, Donald McGavran and Ralph Winter highlighted "hidden peoples."
- David Barrett later coined "World A Peoples," focusing on the 1040 window, and developed early people group databases.