Field Progress
Before the Hidden Ethnic Initiative officially launched in 2022, Frontier Harvest Ministries—already seasoned with 37 years of church planting across East Asia—began laying the groundwork through exploratory journeys into some of the most remote and culturally complex regions of the continent.
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From 2022 to the end of 2025, FHM's Pioneering teams journeyed across vast provinces, traveling more than 60,000 kilometers through rugged, remote terrain. Their mission was clear: to locate the last remaining unengaged ethnic groups scattered throughout East Asia—people with no known Gospel witness—and to establish Homes of Peace among each group.
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0 known Christians in every group visited.
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34 of 41 distinct unengaged ethnic groups identified.
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1,000+ villages personally visited.
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3,000+ individuals directly engaged.
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50+ new relational connections established.
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Multiple families of peace discovered along the way.
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Over 60,000 kilometers of travel on rugged terrain.
Key Discoveries
THE HIDDEN ETHNIC INITIATIVE
"These journeys revealed the immense spiritual need across remote mountains, grasslands, river valleys, and desert-border regions—areas untouched by the Gospel for generations."
- Statement From One of FHM's Team Members
HOMES OF PEACE & LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
As teams traveled, God opened doors into the homes and hearts of people who had never heard the name of Jesus.
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Families welcomed our teams with meals and hospitality
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Deep conversations took root
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Trust was built
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Friendships began
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Several “families & people of peace” emerged—key relational anchors for future Gospel work.
Jesus instructed His disciples in Matthew 10:
“Whatever town or village you enter, search for someone worthy and stay at their house until you leave. As you enter the home, give it your greeting. If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.”
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This is what we call a home of peace, and it is exactly what our teams seek each time they are sent out. Every home or person found becomes a potential seedbed for a future church plant.
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These homes now serve as strategic points of re-entry, enabling our teams to return regularly, deepen relationships, and build upon the foundation first established.
Over time, these same locations will serve as future hubs for:
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Bible studies
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Prayer gatherings
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Discipleship training
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Sending out local believers
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Forming house-church networks
WHY THIS MATTERS
This multi-year journey prepared the foundation for all three phases of the Hidden Ethnic Initiative.
It Provided:​
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A clear map of unreached ethnic areas
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Relationship pathways into closed communities
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Open doors for repeat visits
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Confirmed locations of spiritually receptive individuals
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Cultural understanding essential for long-term church planting
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These relationships are now fueling the next wave of engagement, discipleship, and church planting.
HELP US REACH THE
HIDDEN ETHNICS
Your partnership empowers trained church-planting teams to continue:
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Engaging the last unengaged ethnic groups in East Asia
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Reaching remote villages and families of peace
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Training local believers to share the Gospel among their own people
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Establishing new house churches where none have existed
Journeying
The Roads Less Traveled
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P.O. BOX 127
OAKMONT, PA 15139​
