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1 | why aren't there more missionaries? | Matt 28:19 | Thaddaeus | 135522 | ||
Why don't more Christians volunteer for overseas missionary service? | ||||||
2 | why aren't there more missionaries? | Matt 28:19 | Hank | 135523 | ||
Thaddaeus - While yours is an interesting question, and not an unimportant one either, I'm wondering how it can be answered biblically, except to affirm the obvious, i.e., that our Lord Himself commands that His disciples go and make disciples of all the nations (See Matthew 28:19,20). To arrive at some idea of why more Christians don't volunteer for overseas missionary service, perhaps it would be starkly revelatory of our apathy and lame excuses if each Christian would ask himself, "Why don't I myself do it?" or "Why don't I at least part with a generous portion of my resources in order to enable some willing person to do it?" ..... But for those of us who may find ourselves in circumstances that make it virtually impossible to pull up stakes and go to foreign soil for the purpose of proclaiming the gospel of Christ, there is a huge missionary field within the borders of our own country that does not entail any significant disruption of the lifestyle to which we have become accustomed. I daresay that essentially every Christian family has within its own neighborhood other families who do not know Christ, who rarely if ever attend a worship service, and who have never been called upon by a Christian for the purpose of telling them the Good News of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Your question may draw more answers than this one, Thaddaeus, and better ones too; but for what they're worth, these are my thoughts. Thanks for your question, friend, and God's blessings to you! --Han | ||||||