Nomads: The Challenge of Reaching
People on the Move
Mission Frontiers January - February 2017 Issue
Rediscovering the Biblical Church that Can Reach Every People
By Rick Wood
How do you go about making disciples among a people who are regularly on the move and do not show up for meetings at regular times. What does a church look like and act like when a people are never in one place for very long. Nomadic peoples present the worldwide missionary enterprise with one of its greatest challenge as we seek to foster movements of discipleship and church planting among them.
By Rick Wood
How do you go about making disciples among a people who are regularly on the move and do not show up for meetings at regular times. What does a church look like and act like when a people are never in one place for very long. Nomadic peoples present the worldwide missionary enterprise with one of its greatest challenge as we seek to foster movements of discipleship and church planting among them.
Redescubriendo la Iglesia Bíblica que pueda alcanzar a todos los pueblos
By Rick Wood
¿Cómo conseguir discípulos entre personas que están en continuo movimiento y que a horarios regulares no se presentan a las reuniones? ¿Cuándo un pueblo no permanece en un mismo lugar por mucho...
By Rick Wood
¿Cómo conseguir discípulos entre personas que están en continuo movimiento y que a horarios regulares no se presentan a las reuniones? ¿Cuándo un pueblo no permanece en un mismo lugar por mucho...
Why Focus on Nomads?
By Caleb Rome
It’s clear to many nomadic workers that something needs to change. Nomads are not lost because they are nomads. They are lost because we don’t send many workers to reach nomads with the good news, and when we do, they often get caught up trying to ‘help’ nomads settle through development schemes as if that was required to be saved.
By Caleb Rome
It’s clear to many nomadic workers that something needs to change. Nomads are not lost because they are nomads. They are lost because we don’t send many workers to reach nomads with the good news, and when we do, they often get caught up trying to ‘help’ nomads settle through development schemes as if that was required to be saved.
¿Por qué enfocarnos en los nómadas?
By Caleb Rome
En el Sahel africano, unas 100 personas se reunieron para escuchar a un conocido predicador sobre el Movimiento de Discipulado o DMM (Disciple-Making Movements). Después de la enseñanza, uno de los...
By Caleb Rome
En el Sahel africano, unas 100 personas se reunieron para escuchar a un conocido predicador sobre el Movimiento de Discipulado o DMM (Disciple-Making Movements). Después de la enseñanza, uno de los...
What is a Nomad?
By James Morris
Fundamentally, ‘What is a nomad?’ and why is that significant. It is important to understand that nomadism is not simply defined by mobility - though mobility is a factor as we shall see – but rather by worldview. This means that not all who are on the move (migrant laborers and refugees for example) are nomads. It also means that some settled peoples are actually, really nomads.
By James Morris
Fundamentally, ‘What is a nomad?’ and why is that significant. It is important to understand that nomadism is not simply defined by mobility - though mobility is a factor as we shall see – but rather by worldview. This means that not all who are on the move (migrant laborers and refugees for example) are nomads. It also means that some settled peoples are actually, really nomads.
¿Qué es un nómada?
By James Morris
Estuve hablando con un colega que desde hace poco tiempo trabaja con una tribu nómada en el África subsahariana. "Este grupo es nómada porque no tienen una fuente de agua corriente. Si podemos...
By James Morris
Estuve hablando con un colega que desde hace poco tiempo trabaja con una tribu nómada en el África subsahariana. "Este grupo es nómada porque no tienen una fuente de agua corriente. Si podemos...
Here, There, or Far Away: It’s All About Relationship
By Lisa L.
Looking around the room, we realized that 8 or 9 other guests were already there, sharing traditional mint tea and conversation. Some of them were people we knew, men we had met in the neighborhood or as students in our English classes. We greeted one another, and our host made this memorable comment: “Until now you have been meeting the children. Today you have met the father.” Without being aware of it, we had been building relationships with members of the same clan, and had now met their leader.
By Lisa L.
Looking around the room, we realized that 8 or 9 other guests were already there, sharing traditional mint tea and conversation. Some of them were people we knew, men we had met in the neighborhood or as students in our English classes. We greeted one another, and our host made this memorable comment: “Until now you have been meeting the children. Today you have met the father.” Without being aware of it, we had been building relationships with members of the same clan, and had now met their leader.
Aquí, allí o más allá.: Todo tiene que ver con las relaciones
By Lisa L.
Una tarde cuando veníamos caminando a casa desde el mercado por la carretera, adelantamos a un anciano y nos detuvimos para intercambiar los saludos formales. Se sorprendió al descubrir que unos...
By Lisa L.
Una tarde cuando veníamos caminando a casa desde el mercado por la carretera, adelantamos a un anciano y nos detuvimos para intercambiar los saludos formales. Se sorprendió al descubrir que unos...
Breaching An Invisible Boundary: Mobilizing People to Reach Their Own Society's Nomads
By S. Clement
Throughout Africa, the Americas, and much of Asia the relationship between mobile people groups and sedentary ones is at best tense, often antagonistic and sometimes even violent. Differences between how the groups utilize resources produce humanly irreconcilable conflicts between them.
By S. Clement
Throughout Africa, the Americas, and much of Asia the relationship between mobile people groups and sedentary ones is at best tense, often antagonistic and sometimes even violent. Differences between how the groups utilize resources produce humanly irreconcilable conflicts between them.
Derribar una Barrera Invisible: Movilizar a la Gente para que Lleguen a los Nómadas en su Propia Sociedad
By S. Clement
En mis primeros quince años de trabajo de campo en América Latina, llegué a comprender que la tarea última de las misiones se lleva a cabo mejor a hombros de cristianos locales bien discipulados....
By S. Clement
En mis primeros quince años de trabajo de campo en América Latina, llegué a comprender que la tarea última de las misiones se lleva a cabo mejor a hombros de cristianos locales bien discipulados....
The Nomad Challenge: Say Yes to Nomads
By Andrew Day
In many ways nomads have been overlooked and forgotten by the church and missionaries alike. They live in remote, difficult places and are hard to access, let alone live among. Nomads can’t be reached in a typical fashion, and especially not from missionary compounds. Nomads won’t come to us. We must go to them. In order to reach them, it will require intentional sacrifices of time, space and comfort. The missionary who wants to reach nomads must to some degree become a nomad himself.
By Andrew Day
In many ways nomads have been overlooked and forgotten by the church and missionaries alike. They live in remote, difficult places and are hard to access, let alone live among. Nomads can’t be reached in a typical fashion, and especially not from missionary compounds. Nomads won’t come to us. We must go to them. In order to reach them, it will require intentional sacrifices of time, space and comfort. The missionary who wants to reach nomads must to some degree become a nomad himself.
El Desafío Nómada: Diga Sí a los Nómadas
By Andrew Day
Imagine un pueblo en movimiento, un pueblo que no tiene un hogar permanente, un pueblo cuya identidad está ligada a sus animales y cuya supervivencia depende de la disponibilidad de los pastos para...
By Andrew Day
Imagine un pueblo en movimiento, un pueblo que no tiene un hogar permanente, un pueblo cuya identidad está ligada a sus animales y cuya supervivencia depende de la disponibilidad de los pastos para...
When They Don’t Show Up
By Lisa M. Rohrick
“We have heard some stories about Jesus on the radio,” they said, referring to a daily broadcast on a local station. “Lots of people in our village—maybe 40 people—want to know more. We want to understand. But there is also opposition, so we don’t want you to come to us. That would cause problems. So, can you teach us about Jesus so that we can go home and teach our people?”
By Lisa M. Rohrick
“We have heard some stories about Jesus on the radio,” they said, referring to a daily broadcast on a local station. “Lots of people in our village—maybe 40 people—want to know more. We want to understand. But there is also opposition, so we don’t want you to come to us. That would cause problems. So, can you teach us about Jesus so that we can go home and teach our people?”
Cuando Ellos No Aparecen
By Lisa M. Rohrick
Una tarde sofocante durante la estación caliente en Níger, alguien llamó a mi puerta, al abrir me encontré a dos jóvenes procedentes de mi aldea favorita. ¡No los conocía, pero ellos si me conocían...
By Lisa M. Rohrick
Una tarde sofocante durante la estación caliente en Níger, alguien llamó a mi puerta, al abrir me encontré a dos jóvenes procedentes de mi aldea favorita. ¡No los conocía, pero ellos si me conocían...
Nomads: Helping Them to Face the Growing Challenges
By Adam Faranna
I grew up as a nomadic pastoralist in The Horn of Africa. Today I work among my people, catalyzing the formation of the church while addressing the various challenges of change among the people. These challenges are macro in scale, usually causing disturbances to nomadic lifestyle and systemic poverty. There are natural and intentional challenges.
By Adam Faranna
I grew up as a nomadic pastoralist in The Horn of Africa. Today I work among my people, catalyzing the formation of the church while addressing the various challenges of change among the people. These challenges are macro in scale, usually causing disturbances to nomadic lifestyle and systemic poverty. There are natural and intentional challenges.
Nómadas: Ayudándoles a Hacer Frente a los Desafíos Crecientes
By Adam Faranna
Crecí como pastor nómada en el Cuerno de África. Hoy trabajo entre mi pueblo, catalizando la formación de la iglesia y abordando los diversos retos de cambio entre la gente. Estos retos son a...
By Adam Faranna
Crecí como pastor nómada en el Cuerno de África. Hoy trabajo entre mi pueblo, catalizando la formación de la iglesia y abordando los diversos retos de cambio entre la gente. Estos retos son a...
Contextualizing the True Shepherd: Developing Creative Strategies to Reach These People on the Move
By Elizabeth Paul & Thomas Bentley
Not too far from the city where we live, semi-nomadic pastoralists populate the high altitude mountain valleys of Central Asia. These dear people survive through the harshest winters one could imagine by managing large herds of goats and yak. Until now the gospel has not taken root among these Muslims. The primary challenge for high-altitude village ministry has always been how to establish an accepted and valued entry point for an ongoing presence...
By Elizabeth Paul & Thomas Bentley
Not too far from the city where we live, semi-nomadic pastoralists populate the high altitude mountain valleys of Central Asia. These dear people survive through the harshest winters one could imagine by managing large herds of goats and yak. Until now the gospel has not taken root among these Muslims. The primary challenge for high-altitude village ministry has always been how to establish an accepted and valued entry point for an ongoing presence...
Contextualizando al Verdadero Pastor: Desarrollo de Estrategias Creativas Para Llegar a Estas Personas en Movimiento
By Elizabeth Paul & Thomas Bentley
No muy lejos de la ciudad donde vivimos, los pastores semi-nómadas pueblan los valles de las altas montañas de Asia Central. Estas queridas personas gracias a las grandes manadas de cabras y yaks a...
By Elizabeth Paul & Thomas Bentley
No muy lejos de la ciudad donde vivimos, los pastores semi-nómadas pueblan los valles de las altas montañas de Asia Central. Estas queridas personas gracias a las grandes manadas de cabras y yaks a...