Global Mission Research

Global Mission Research

Finding the frontier. Informing the mission. We celebrate where the Church is. We research where the Gospel is not. We mobilize toward what remains.

The publication

FRONTIER BRIEF

Research from PCG Global Missions

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FRONTIER BRIEF · PEOPLE & PLACE

Across the Strait: the Kumzari and the Last Mile of Acts 1:8

A people profile becomes a research question: what does meaningful Gospel access look like for a small people at the meeting of the Gulf and the open sea?

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Daily Frontier Research

DISCOVERY IS A PRACTICE.
PUBLICATION IS A DECISION.

Research is gathered daily: field reports, source changes, new questions. Nothing is published on gathering alone. What appears here has been verified, reviewed and judged appropriate to share.

DAILY FRONTIER RESEARCH

Daily reports

People-group changes, field questions, translation status, Gospel-access evidence and emerging movement connections.

Held until reviewed
O326 FINDINGS

People and surveys

What is known, what remains uncertain, which relationships can verify it and what engagement might responsibly require.

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINT RESEARCH

Movement evidence

Formal presence, downstream lineage, active fellowship, education and sending strength, each with source, date and confidence.

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TRANSLATION & GOSPEL ACCESS

Access is more than availability

Scripture, media and language resources are evidence points; meaningful access also asks whether people can hear, understand and encounter local witness.

Research brief

Publication review

DISCOVER → VERIFY → HUMAN REVIEW → PUBLISH → MOBILIZE

Some research is never published, because publication could put people at risk. What is published protects people first: it states its sources, names its uncertainty, and points to a responsible next step.

  1. 01DiscoverCapture a report, question or field observation.
  2. 02VerifyTest sources, dates, identity and confidence.
  3. 03Human reviewField, security and editorial judgment.
  4. 04PublishOne article with visible provenance.
  5. 05MobilizeFeature the finding where people can respond.

Global Footprint method

EVIDENCE BEFORE ASSUMPTION.

Every public record states what kind of evidence supports it. Older institutional records are kept for comparison; where careful current research is stronger, the record follows the evidence, and the change is shown.

VVerified / current
RResearched
IInferred
HHistorical record
?Human review needed

One home · many placements

ONE FINDING, ONE HOME, EVERY DOOR OPEN

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