It is exciting to see God continuing to raise up new ideas to reach the world through church planting.

I was in Richmond recently and Jerry Rankin and I talked a bit about Table 71. It is an odd name, but it has a great purpose.

From the website:

"Table 71" is a loose association of Christian organizations committed to working together in partnership among the remaining unreached people groups in the world in order to help:

• Evangelize

• Make disciples

• Begin and nurture indigenous church planting movements

How was Table 71 established?

In God's providence, a group of ministry leaders were a part of the Strategy Sessions at the Billy Graham Conference on Evangelism in Amsterdam in the fall of 2000. As they strategized about how to reach Unreached People Groups, they asked one another what they could do to help finish reaching all the remaining Unreached People Groups. In the course of their conversations, they realized that they could achieve some goals more effectively by working together more closely. They agreed to begin working to that end immediately.

What is the significance of the name "Table 71?"

There were over 100 tables at the Strategy Sessions at Amsterdam 2000. The table where the partners had their original discussions was numbered, "71." It became the "Table 71" group and the name stuck.

I appreciate the fact that several mission organizations are working together to focus on hard people in hard places.