Episode 80

#80. Unreached People Groups in North American Cities

Bud Houston, a Hub Leader for Global Gates, shares his passion to reach unreached people who are living in cities in Canada and the USA. He offers four action steps, a starting point for urban churches and organizations to get involved. He is also the Director of Research for UPG North America and host of the Let’s Talk Diaspora Podcast.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

  • About the two basic types of people who migrate to the USA and Canada
  • About the resources available at UPG North America for churches and organizations
  • Four tips for urban churches to start engaging unreached people groups locally

ABOUT THE GUEST: 

Bud is the husband of Jessica and father of 5. He serves in Dallas - Fort Worth, engaging the unreached diaspora as Global Gates Hub Leader.

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TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:

00:34 - Topic: Unreached People Groups and Diaspora Populations

01:21 - Bud Houston Family and Testimony

02:46 - Bud's Call to Close Culture and Same Culture Missions

04:36 - What is an Unreached People Group - UPG?

05:41 - People Groups Self-Defined

06:57 - Defining Unreached

07:46 - What Does Diaspora Mean?

09:06 - Challenges of Two Different Types of Diaspora Populations

09:29 - 1. People Pushed from Home

10:34 - 2. People Drawn to a New Home

11:06 - International Students

11:25 - Professionals

12:01 - Answering the Prayers of Lost People

12:40 - UPG North America Supporting Churches and Organizations

14:00 - Really Seeing UPGs in North American

14:23 - Mobilizing Prayer with Virtual Prayer Walks

15:12 - Prayer Walking In Person

16:08 - Multi-Lingual, Multi Media Resources

17:24 - Let's Talk Diaspora Podcast -- Vision and Strategy

19:38 - Tips for Urban Churches to Reach out to Local UPG's

20:09 - God Acting On Purpose and for Purpose

22:19 - Finding God at Work in Your City

22:37 - 1. Who's in Your City?

22:47 - 2. Pray

23:05 - 3. Mobilizing Prayer

23:26 - 4. Finding Places and Points of Engagement

25:48 - Contacting Bud Houston

26:22 - Joke: Baseball in the Kitchen

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