When I traveled to East Asia, I had the opportunity to spend time with a group of young people. Their passion to reach the unreached was exciting and challenging. I interviewed them and they shared with me what God was doing in their lives. I was intrigued to how they had become so sensitive to God’s direction and the need to reach people who had never had a chance before to hear the gospel.

Several shared that it all began with prayer. They understood the importance of prayer and the great weapon it is against the devil. They expressed how when they were praying, they were right where God wanted them to be so He could work in their lives. Asking God for His will and pleading for lost souls became their prayers. This made it possible for them to be more sensitive to God’s leading, and now they were serving in East Asia.

Through their testimonies something was solidified in my mind. While we pray for the unreached, two things will happen. First, God answers and sends someone else to reach them. Second, God answers and sends the one who is praying.

How did these young people come to this place in their lives? Something happened to get them there. Their testimonies revealed to me that they had been mobilized to pray. Someone taught them to pray. They were mobilized to pray for the unreached, for their missionaries, and for more laborers. All of this was happening in their church. These young people were excited and felt like they had an important role. They gained a passion for souls! Others were praying around them and they joined in. Sunday school classes were praying for specific unreached people groups. Maps were made, profiles of these groups were put together, research was done. Exciting things were happening all around them.

Before their church could have come to this level of concern for the unreached something had to take place. Their testimonies showed that it had been communicated to them that they were a part of a battle for souls. The urgency of the task was conveyed. Awareness of the situation of the unreached was made clear. A vision of reaching the unreached had been given. They understood they had a purpose.

Where did this come from? Someone had to start all this and give the vision. Someone had to see the need, had to know the need, had to realize the battle. Someone was leading the charge, giving the plans and maps, setting the strategies, and giving out the orders. Someone was praying for the unreached. These people had a vision, mobilized the church, and planned to include everyone. Who were they?

According to these young people it was their senior pastor, youth pastor, and college pastor. The leaders of their church were the ones.

If we are going to get people involved in the Great Commission, we must first get them to pray. Second, they must be taught the vision. Third, they need to be mobilized to participate. For this to happen they need their church leaders to lead the way. The saying is, “As the pastor goes, so goes the church.”

It is a win-win situation. Prayer is the key that unlocks the doors that have been shut for centuries with billions of lost souls in the balance, their destiny, Hell. Jesus said in Matthew 9:38, “Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborers into the harvest.”

Project 938 is intended to join us all together with the passion for lost souls and to send more laborers. The Lord God is still calling. Who will answer?