Reaching the Nations Living Among Us


The face of North America is changing! That may not


be new information, but it is great news when it comes to spreading the gospel to all peoples. Not only are we living in an unprecedented time in the history of our world, more people are living outside their country of birth than any other time. Many of them are coming to America. If you grew up in small town America like I did, chances


TERRY SHARP • Director/Lead Strategist of State and Association Relations and Urban Mobilization Strategies, International Mission Board


• Previously served as a missionary to Spain and Brazil.


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are you were never exposed to ethno-linguistic people groups. To encounter peoples from other nations, you had to travel to the larger cities. That was then. Now, all you have to do is look around; and you’ll see that North America has become a modern crossroads of peoples from the entire globe. Did you know? • Sixty million Americans are first and second generation Americans.


• Foreign-born population in the United States reached 40 million in 2010; an increase of 8.9 million since 2000.


• About one million immigrants arrive in the USA yearly. Most come from Latin America, Asia, and Africa.


This year the top four languages spoken by New Amer- icans are: 1) Arabic 2) Nepali 3) Karen 4) Somali According to Immigrants in the United States, 2010: A


Profile of America’s Foreign-Born Population by Steven A. Camarota, published by The Center for Immigration Studies in August 2012, there are 13 states where the growth in immigrant population was more than twice the national


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