People Group Focus: People of Greece

Olympic gold will shine on Athens in 2004 as the nations of the world gather in the country that was once the center of the world.  During the reign of Alexander the Great, Greece was the center of the known world, providing the world with Hellenistic logic, Plato, Aristotle, marathons, and the gymnasium. 

Olympic visitors to Greece will find the Greeks to be well aware of a strong historical and cultural heritage. Traditions and customs differ throughout Greece, but overall a strong sense of unity prevails. The Greek Orthodox Church has a strong traditional influence on the Greek way of life, especially in more rural areas, and Christianity is part of the national heritage.

Although the Greek language was used to translate the Old Testament Scriptures and then to record the apostles' original writings, Greece needs the gospel today as much as the unreached peoples of the world.  Though home to the ancient Greek Orthodox Church in Constantinople (Istanbul), Greece has few who understand the gospel of faith alone by grace alone and few Greeks have a living relationship with Christ.  There are about twenty thousand evangelical Christians in the country- just two tenths of one percent of the ten million citizens.

Sources: TripodAdvisor.com, Hellenic Ministries

Other people groups in Greece:

Rumelian Turk

Pomak

List of people groups in Greece

General Evangelism

Project #67468

Help prepare for the 2004 summer Olympics ministry projects.  This team will help survey local Greek nationals and build relationships with them.

International World Changers

Project #65486, June 19-26, 2004

Students will show the city and locals their willingness to help.

General Evangelism

Project #67613

Help prepare for the 2004 summer Olympics ministry projects.  This team will help survey local Greek nationals and build relationships with them.

Children's Ministry Worker in Ukraine - Project # 63410

Reach out to and plant the gospel seed in the lives of young people.

Urgent Need!

Missionary Kid Teacher in Thailand

Jan. 1 - May 31, 2003

Project #67515

You will be a teacher for a missionary family with children ages 8, 10, and 14. The family also has a 3-year-old child who will be cared for by a house helper. You will be responsible for overseeing the "video school" for three children, administering tests and quizzes, and tutoring in a variety of subjects. You will begin teaching each day at 8:30 a.m. and end by 3:00 p.m.
Web Site for the Thai-Korat people team

For more info on this project, call 1-800-789-4693.

Apply for this project

8,500 Missionaries Needed!

"There are 1,357 unreached people groups with populations greater than 100,000 that are unengaged by our personnel, and 532 of those unreached people groups are not engaged by anyone." IMB Regional Leaders reported last week.

"Our current missionary count is 5607. . . We have determined that the minimal number of missionaries needed to engage lostness is 8500."  Read more.

Ask the Lord of the Harvest to send out workers into his harvest fields.

-- Matt. 9:38