Mi ssionaries today can focus their energies on all kinds of needy peoples or special ministries , such as tribal work, urban evangelism, street children, radio work, or Jewish and Muslim evangelism. Left out, however, has been a type of people among whom God's work of blessing the nations first began the nomads. Nomadic peoples are whole societies that support themselves by occupations that require systematic travel.
Nomads are versatile people and opportunists in finding resources to support themselves.
They exploit the differences in the seasons to find pasture, grow crops, gather natural produce, visit festivals and markets, or find seasonal work in the town and on the farm. While some nomads are well known Tuaregs, Bedouin, Maasai, Gypsies, and Mongols most are unknown to Christians. Many pass unnoticed in their own countries. Their mobility either means they live in remote areas, or they spend only a short time in any location. Even where a Christian witness exists they continue unreached.