Our goal for each unreached people group was summed up by Floyd McClung as he served as YWAM International Executive Director,

"It is not enough to do evangelism or to plant a single congregation. We have not done our job unless a movement of fully indigenous, mission-minded, multiplying churches is planted in a people group. Then they can evangelize their own people, city or nation."

While our goal -- "a movement of fully indigenous, mission-minded, multiplying churches", describes what we want to achieve within a people group, our strategy describes how we intend to achieve it. As we formulate strategies for specific unreached people groups, we trust God to lead us by His Word and His Spirit. We realize we must adopt principles and adapt methods. Biblical principles will apply in every context, whereas methods will often differ from culture to culture.

Therefore we emphasize principles to guide each team as they develop their strategies to reach their goal. 

We gratefully acknowledge the profound influence and impact of Dr. George Patterson, of Church Planting International, in the development of the following list of guiding principles.