Reaching the foreign born in the United States-Almost 70 million people are first or second generation

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 36.7 million of the nation's population (12 percent) were foreign-born, and another 33 million (11 percent) were native-born with at least one foreign-born parent in 2009, making one in five people either first or second generation U.S. residents to a total of almost 70 million people. What are the implications for sharing the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ with the foreign born as well as their children and planting contextual communities of faith that will foster discipleship and mission mobilization remains the discussion of many mission groups. It's obvious that the foreign born population has different world view(s) that mainstream America and they need to be reached with contextual strategies. Befriend one person and share the gospel in a sensitive way expecting the Holy Spirit to do a miracle in their life. Read the original Census Bureau press release. 
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Mark Hobafcovich - Church Planting Consultant, North American Mission Board, SBC.