GFM USA - New York, NY, USA

We do not currently have a base in New York, but we are hoping to start one very soon! Maybe you are one of the laborers we have been praying for to help us get up and running. Are you called to reach the unreached peoples of the world? Do you want to be a part of a movement mobilizing, training, and sending missionaries out to reach people of different faiths (Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists) in NYC and beyond? We are looking for three like-minded couples, families, or singles that have a passion for unreached people groups to help us get this new GFM location off the ground in New York. It would involve spending a year with us in one of our existing GFM bases (such as Atlanta or Houston) to get trained for a year on how to run short-term missions trips, summer internships, and missionary training schools.

Why New York? Throughout its history New York City has been a major point of entry for immigrants; the term "melting pot" was coined to describe densely populated immigrant neighborhoods on the Lower East Side. Nearly 170 languages are spoken in the city, while 36% of its population was foreign born. English remains the most widely spoken language and New York is one of the largest cities in the English-speaking world, although there are areas of Queens and Brooklyn in which up to 20% of people speak English only a little or not at all. Neighborhoods such as Flushing, Sunset Park and Corona are the least English-speaking communities.

Asian Americans make up 11.8% of New York City's population. According to the survey, there were 976,807 Asian Americans residing in New York City. Of 976,807 Asian Americans, 445,145 were of Chinese descent, representing 5.4% of the city's population. In addition, there were 226,888 Indian Americans residing in the city, representing 2.7% of the population. Approximately 103,660 people identified themselves as "Other Asian", a category that includes people of Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, and Pakistani descent. Individuals in this category represent 1.2% of the city's population. There were 88,162 Korean Americans residing in the city, representing 1.1% of the population. Other Asian American groups include those of Filipino (68,826, 0.8%), Japanese (26,096, 0.3%), and Vietnamese (18,030, 0.2%) descent.

We hope to work alongside ministries like Urban Impact, and YWAM New York, who also have a passion to reach out to the unreached in the city. For more information about helping us pioneer a new location in New York, contact us. To learn more about our existing GFM bases, please check out Atlanta or Houston.