Define an unreached people group (UPG) in PWCM terms.

• A. A group with comprehensive gospel access and a large indigenous church.
• B. A group with some gospel access and multiple churches.
• C. A people group that has little or no access to the gospel and lacks an indigenous church capable of evangelizing within that group.
• D. A group primarily among diaspora communities with missionaries active.

Answer: (C)

In PWCM terms, an unreached people group is defined by two things: they have little or no access to the gospel, and there is no indigenous church within the group that is capable of evangelizing and establishing church-planting within that group. “Access” means that the gospel isn’t readily available in a way the people can understand and respond to—in their language and cultural context—and there isn’t a self-sustaining church already rooted among them. An “indigenous church capable of evangelizing” means a local church that belongs to the group, governs itself, finances itself, and can reproduce itself without heavy outside dependence.

This is what sets unreached groups apart from groups described as having comprehensive or partial gospel access, or groups where diaspora ministries are active—these scenarios indicate existing gospel presence or ongoing church-planting efforts, so they are not unreached in the PWCM sense.