Five-Year Goal | Luke 10 Think Tanks

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Los Think Tanks de Lucas 10 ayudan a discernir dónde buscar nuevos campos potenciales y también qué pasos tomar para iniciar esos nuevos campos una vez que hayan sido aprobados por la Junta de EFM. Durante los Think Thanks hay mucha oración, lectura de Lucas 10, búsqueda de temas expresados por los cuatro tipos de participantes y discernimiento de la dirección del Espíritu Santo con respecto a cómo avanzar con los planes.

On Thursday, May 27, 2021, about sixty Friends gathered at Quaker Ridge, Colorado, for a national EFM Luke 10 Think Tank. Among them were future missionaries, church leaders, and individuals with missions experience, representing six regions and yearly meetings across North America. Their primary task was to discern where the Lord of the harvest was calling us to explore in preparation for launching at least five new fields by the end of 2025. That day, eleven areas were identified and entrusted to the regions and yearly meetings, which committed to organizing EFM Luke 10 Trips to explore these opportunities in the years that followed.

	El Pueblo Shuar de Ecuador y Perú Steps have already been taken by EFM over the last several years to launch a field among the underreached tribe called the Shuar who live in the jungle of southeast Ecuador and northeast Peru. Much more help is needed to actually launch that field. Northwest Yearly Meeting (NWYM) is taking the lead on organizing exploratory trips to that area. Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region (EFC-ER) has also expressed interest in this opportunity.
	Nordeste de Brasil There is a small group of Friends churches in northeast Brazil that border an immense area where there are very few evangelical churches of any kind. This could be a whole new field. Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting (RMYM) is taking the lead on organizing exploratory trips to that area. There may also be some interest from EFC-ER in this opportunity.
	México Mexico Yearly Meeting (MYM) has a vision to plant Friends churches in every state of Mexico and has already taken steps in that direction. There are 32 states in that country, most of which have no Friends churches. Evangelical Friends Church-Mid America (EFC-MAYM) is feeling led to help explore through Luke 10 Trips the possibility of partnering with MYM to establish a new field in one of those states.
	Este de Europa Tony and Agi Frei, who are based in Hungary, and Voicu and Ana Marian, who are based in Romania, have been encouraging EFM to send missionaries to Europe. NWYM is interested in doing just that and is taking the lead on organizing Luke 10 Trips to Eastern Europe especially. EFC-ER also has interest in this region.
	Grecia There are young adults from both NWYM and EFC-MAYM who have spent time among Muslim refugees in Greece. They are feeling drawn to planting churches not only among the refugees but also among the Greeks themselves. NWYM is taking the lead to explore these possibilities through Luke 10 Trips.
	South Sudan/Ethiopia There has been quite a bit of interest in planting churches in this part of Africa. Evangelical Friends Church-Rwanda is already taking steps in that direction. EFC-MAYM is taking the lead to organize some Luke 10 Trips that will help explore the next steps in launching that field.
	Tanzania There has also been quite a bit of interest in planting more churches in Tanzania, especially on the part of Friends in Burundi. They are already supporting some work in western Tanzania. EFC-MAYM is taking the lead to organize Luke 10 Trips to that country in order to explore other opportunities. EFC-ER and Indiana Yearly Meeting have also expressed interest in this opportunity.
	Marruecos All of the regional Luke 10 Think Tanks listed Morocco as a place of interest, and that conversation continued at the national Luke 10 Think Tank. NWYM will take the lead in organizing Luke 10 Trips to that country since it has placed missionaries there in the past.
	Gulf Countries There is a large population of Nepali people who go to the Gulf Countries of the Middle East for work. There are also many Bhutanese/Nepali people who have come to the United States as refugees. Many of them have found Christ, some even before reaching the U.S. They have a vision for planting churches among the Nepali workers in the Gulf Countries. EFC-ER is taking the lead to organize Luke 10 Trips that will explore that possibility.
	Norte de la India India is another place that wound up on the lists of all the regional Luke 10 Think Tanks as a place of interest. Nearly all the regions/yearly meetings are helping to support various ministries in that country. Right now the focus is more on the northern part of India. What more would the Lord have us do to reach the unreached in those places? Indiana Yearly Meeting is giving some leadership to the conversation about who will organize Luke 10 Trips to go explore the answer to that question. EFC-MAYM has expressed strong interest in this opportunity.
	The Lahu People of Thailand, Laos, etc. Al parecer el grupo de personas Lahu forman un centro que puede dar acceso a varios países, entre ellos Tailandia, Laos y China. EFC-ER está tomando la iniciativa en la organización de Viajes Lucas 10 para explorar más esta oportunidad.