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- ↑ "What is a People Group? | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ↑ Shellnutt, Kate (22 April 2019). "Missions Experts Are Redefining 'Unreached People Groups'". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Beyond Project".
- ↑ "Joshua Project | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- 1 2 "Frontier Ventures". www.frontierventures.org.
- ↑ Joshua Project. "Great Commission Statistics". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ↑ "peoplegroups.org, Joshua Project" (PDF).
- ↑ Scribner, Dan. "Joshua Project: Bringing Definition to the Great Commission". Mission Frontiers.
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