The Ethnos360 Podcast

How to Plant a Church Among an Unreached People Group

August 4, 2026·35 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Justin Rees never planned to become a missionary, but God had other plans.   In this episode of The Bible & Missions podcast, Justin shares how God led his family from southern California to the Pei people of Papua New Guinea. We discuss the importance of missionary training, learning culture and language, planting churches among unreached people groups and incredible stories of lives transformed by the gospel.    Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:55 Justin didn’t want to become a missionary! 4:14   The importance of training — Jesus’ example 8:15 Ethnos360’s church planting methodology 10:02 Learning culture and language 13:19 Foundational Bible teaching 15:17 We don’t want to abandon "baby” believers. 17:29 What is a mature church? 22:14 Worldview and life transformation examples 28:35 Justin wanted to return home on the first day! 31:26 Encouragement from the Pei believers through trials  The Bible & Missions Podcast, an Ethnos360 Podcast   Alan McDole interviews missionaries, Bible Institute professors and students to explore biblical missions and inspire the next generation to get involved in what God is doing around the world. --   If you enjoyed this episode, please share it, and don’t forget to subscribe/follow this podcast so you don’t miss more episodes like this!  Find out more about the Ethnos360 Podcast as well as our policies at: Podcast - Ethnos360

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