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Ken Katayama, Global President and CEO of Crossover Global<\/a>, didn’t come to faith in Christ until he was 15 years old. Two years later, he was invited to a missions conference and heard for the first time that there are people who have never<\/em> heard the gospel. Ken felt very clearly God’s call to missions\u2014to go to those unreached peoples.<\/p>\n

He started as an intern at Crossover Global. Today, he leads the organization. Listen as Ken shares about Crossover’s ministry and about his heart to see churches planted and provide access to the Bible in these unreached people groups\u2014churches that uniquely fit the cultures and places where they are planted.<\/p>\n

Ken also explains the need for biblical sending churches. He’ll talk about qualities he sees among missionaries who are successful over the long haul in planting gospel seeds among these unreached groups.<\/p>\n

Learn the names of unreached people groups and how you can pray specifically for them by visiting www.noaccess.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily for persecuted Christians in nations like North Korea, Nigeria, China, and Iran, as well as provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content, and feature films. Download the VOM App for your\u00a0iOS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Android<\/strong><\/a> device today.<\/p>\n

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The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily for persecuted Christians in nations like North Korea, Nigeria, China, and Iran, as well as provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content, and feature films. Download the VOM App for your\u00a0iOS\u00a0or\u00a0Android device today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nPlanting Churches and Making the Gospel Accessible Among Unreached People Groups - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/planting-churches-and-making-the-gospel-accessible-among-unreached-people-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Planting Churches and Making the Gospel Accessible Among Unreached People Groups - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ken Katayama, Global President and CEO of Crossover Global, didn't come to faith in Christ until he was 15 years old. 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