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Why don’t the churches in these countries support their own missionaries? |
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This is a good question. The ultimate goal is always that the churches in a given country send and support their own missionaries, but many countries have been devastated by famine, war, and years of political corruption. The Christians in these countries often suffer unbelievable poverty and sacrifice to preach the Gospel and plant churches. The support from the outside simply helps them with this task. At this moment, in countless countries around the world, there are a multitude of men and women who work 16-hour days to feed their families with less than $100 a month. When they are not working, they are preaching the Gospel and planting churches. The outside support simply enables them to invest those 16 hours in the Lord's work instead of in a factory!
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