Overcoming the Problem of Hidden Identity in Outreach to Restrictive Nations

Authentic Lives suggests ways to minimize them in traditional organizations and also suggests other options for service altogether. The challenges these other options present are also discussed?going without a sending agency is not easy but is sometimes best nonetheless.

Thomas Hale III lived twelve years in Nepal and India as the son of missionary doctors. He worked nineteen years in the former Soviet Union, ten of those in NGO leadership.

Are you concerned about unreached or unengaged peoples? You probably know that their countries do not welcome missionaries, and that followers of Jesus who serve there via traditional sending organizations do not publicize these organizational ties or their churchbased funding sources. But have you thought through the consequences of keeping that information hidden? Authentic Lives will help you do that-and more. And if those consequences trouble you, Authentic Lives suggests ways to minimize them in traditional organizations and also suggests other options for service altogether. The challenges these other options present are also discussed-going without a sending agency is not easy but is sometimes best nonetheless.