what is a people group?

A significantly large sociological grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity with one another.

“For evangelization purposes, a people group is the largest group within which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance.”
(source: 1982 Lausanne Committee Chicago meeting)

Texas has over 400 people groups who speak over 300 languages. They represent the worlds major religions (Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam) as well as many others.

where do they live?

More than 4 million people in Texas live in apartment units (14.17% of the total population).  An estimated 96% of these do not attend church anywhere. Many international people groups live in apartment housing, which comprises a large percentage of housing in urban areas.

• 41% in Houston and Dallas

• 37% in Austin

• 25% in San Antonio

• 21% Fort Worth

• 18% El Paso*

The reality is that most apartment dwellers will not attend a church building. The Gospel must be taken to them, to create simple, reproducible, relationship based communities that become new church plants inside their apartment complexes.

*Source: National Multifamily Housing Council