Definitions: People Group, Unreached People Group, Related Terms

• People Group: A group of individuals who share a common history and heritage as well as ethnic, linguistic, and cultural traits.

• Unreached People Group (UPG):  A people group within which there is no viable indigenous church that can disciple and reach its own people, no real access to hear about Jesus.

• Reached People Group:  A people group is considered “reached” if it has a viable, indigenous, reproducing church movement in its midst. This includes strong churches pastored by indigenous leaders, in their own language, actively evangelizing their own people, and planting churches within their community and region.

• Ethne:  A group of people who may vary in size or geographic location but are the same ethnically, socially, culturally, and linguistically. This people group could be found in multiple geographic countries.

• Nations (Ethne – Greek):  People groups which emerged from God’s action in Genesis 11:6-9 – “So, the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel — because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world.”