Appendix A: “ALL NATIONS” Verse list
(New International Version)

A list of some of the many Scripture references to God's heart for all ethnic groups - “all nations”, “all peoples”, “all mankind”, “all creation”, “all the ends of the earth”, “every creature”, “every knee”, “every tongue”, “men of every language”, “every tribe”, “every language”, “every nation”, “every people.”

Genesis 12:3 - “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 22:18 - “..and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
Exodus 9:16 - “But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
1 Kings 8:60 - “... so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other.”
1 Chronicles 16:24 - “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.”
Psalm 33:8 - “Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him.”
Psalm 67:7 - “God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.”
Psalm 96:3 - “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.”
Isaiah 42:10 - “Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise from the ends of the earth. ...”
Isaiah 45:22 - “Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.”
Isaiah 49:6 - “... I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.'”
Daniel 7:14 - “He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. ...”
Zephaniah 2:11 - “... The nations on every shore will worship him, every one in its own land.”
Haggai 2:7 - “'I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty.”
Zechariah 9:10 - “His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.”
Matthew 24:14 - “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”
Matthew 28:19 - “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ...”
Mark 13:10 - “And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.”
Mark 16:15 - “He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.'”
Luke 3:6 - “And all mankind will see God's salvation.”
Luke 24:47 - “... and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
Acts 1:8 - “'But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.'”
Acts 13:47 - “For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'”
Romans 1:5 - “Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.”
Galatians 3:8 - “The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'”
Philippians 2:10, 11 - “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
1 Timothy 2:3, 4 – “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.”
1 John 2:2 - “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”
Revelation 5:9 - “And they sang a new song: 'You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.'”
Revelation 7:9 - “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. ...”

Some additional Scripture references:

Appendix B: Getting Additional Help

First, if you know which unreached people group you want to commit to and have not already done so, please register your adoption commitment at this Web site:

or tell them of your commitment by mail, e-mail, telephone, or fax:
Joshua Project II, P.O. Box 64080, Colorado Springs, CO 80962 USA
E-mail: info@joshuaproject.net
Telephone: (719) 886-4000
Fax: (719) 886-4002

Secondly, don’t go it alone! Get help and partner with a mission agency. The following sponsoring mission agencies are available to link you and partner with you to reach specific unreached people groups. (They have a free course available to help you advocate as well—just ask!)

Adopt-A-People Office, Youth With A Mission (YWAM) International
Highfield Oval, Harpenden, Herts AL5 4BX, England
Phone: 44(1582)463 300
E-mail: ico@oval.com
Web: http://www.ywamfm.org
International addresses can be found at: http://www.ywam.org

JESUS Film Project, Campus Crusade for Christ International
Adopt-A-Language Office, P.O. Box 72007, San Clemente, CA 92674-2007 USA
Phone: 949-361-7575, Fax: 949-361-7579
E-mail: jfp@ccci.org
Web: http://www.jesusfilm.org/adopt/index.html

PeopleLink, International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention
P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230-0767, USA
Phone: 877-462-4721
E-mail:peoplelink@imb.org
Web: http://www.imb.org/core/we/pplink.htm

Wycliffe Bible Translators
P.O. Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862-8200 USA
Phone: 1-800-992-5433 or 407-852-3600, Fax: 407-852-3601
E-mail: info.usa@wycliffe.org
Web: http://www.wycliffe.org (go to the section called “get involved”)
International addresses can be found at: http://www.wycliffe.net

The following organizations can link you to general information on unreached people groups via the computer Internet:

Bethany World Prayer Center:
http://www.bethany.com/profiles/home.html

CREATE International:
http://www.createinternational.com/ResearchLinks4.html

Joshua Project II:
http://www.joshuaproject.net/profilesoriginal.html

MisLinks, A Web-based Missions Directory:
http://www.mislinks.org

Network for Strategic Missions:
http://www.strategicnetwork.org

People Teams:
http://www.peopleteams.org/selection.htm

Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL); The Ethnologue:
http://www.ethnologue.com

World Evangelization Research Center:
http://www.gem-werc.org

Peoples Groups:
http://www.peoplegroups.org

The following service organizations provide general helps on adopting unreached people groups:

Adopt-A-People Campaign, U.S. Center for World Mission:
http://www.adopt-a-people.com
Address: 1605 Elizabeth St.; Pasadena, CA 91104-2721 USA
Phone: (626) 398-2200 Fax: (626) 398-2206
E-mail: uscwmmob@aol.com

Adopt-A-People Clearinghouse:
http://www.adoptapeople.org
Address: P.O. Box 28000; Chicago, IL 60628 USA
Phone: 708-367-8513 Fax: 708-367-8613
E-mail: aapc@xc.org

ACMC—Cultivating a Mission-Active Church:
http://acmc.org
Address:4201 North Peachtree Rd., Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30341-1207 USA
Phone: (770) 455-8808; Fax: (770) 455-4822
E-mail: atlanta@acma.org

Caleb Project:
http://www.calebproject.org
Address: 10 West Dry Creek Circle, Littleton, CO 80120 USA
Phone: 303-730-4170; Fax: 303-730-4177
E-mail: info@cproject.com

Network for Strategic Missions:
http://www.strategicnetwork.org
Address: 1732 South Park Court; Chesapeake, VA 23320 USA
Phone: 757-420-4500
E-mail: nsm@strategicnetwork.org