A new role in missions has come to light in the last ten years. These missionaries rarely share their faith, publish literature, or preach in a foreign language. Some never even meet a person from the ethnic group their ministry emphasises. Yet without their catalytic influence, the work among these unreached people groups might never begin. These missionaries are people-group advocates .
Advocates adopt another's needs for fluent representation in a realm inaccessible to the other.
Kingdom resources might be local churches, missions agencies, individuals, emergency aid organisations, community development teams, financial donors, prayer warriors, Bible and literature translators and producers, church planters, or even ministry support services like schools for missionary kids. Unfortunately, these two realms are completely inaccessible to one another except by those God raises up to bridge this gap. Most unreached people groups live in difficult circumstances geographically, politically, and socially. It is, therefore, all the more essential that ministry in these circumstances is fine-tuned for the situation. The advocacy ministry has grown out of this reality.