New York — What will it take?

I listened again to my interview with Matt on reaching the New York metro. A few things stood out . . .

God has brought the nations to New York which has the highest concentration of unreached people groups for a US city.

To reach a complex city like New York you need to have a vision for unreached peoples and places.

That means multiple teams going after peoples and places.

Matt and his team couldn’t start everywhere, so they started somewhere with fasting and prayer and 30 days in the harvest locally in Queens.

Matt identified the top ten unreached people groups and places in New York and mobilized and trained teams to go after them.

The Holy Spirit burdened him with Urdu speakers from Pakistan. God provided a teammate with experience reaching South Asians. The Holy Spirit led them to a tea shop frequented by Urdu speakers. Matt shared a dream his wife Cassie had about Urdu speakers which led to a chance to train a young Pakistani believer in making disciples. They’ve met others whom Jesus has encountered through dreams.

The Holy Spirit opened the door to a partnership with a couple reaching Central Asians. As disciples and churches form the gospel is going out from New York to Turkey, Central Asia, and Pakistan.

Through partnerships, the door has opened to mobilizing some Garifuna believers from Honduras to take on five peoples and five places in New York.

Matt and the teams he serves envision 100 apostolic bands across metro New York reaching 1,000 segments (peoples and places).

As Matt and Cassie pray about reaching Urdu speakers globally they are thinking about their exit strategy for New York — six to ten teams with a “what will it take” vision for the city.

The interview: 323-New York Calling