...in missions if all churches channeled all their resources, people, finances, and prayers exclusively to frontline missionaries? Bob Petzel, pastor for 37 years and now administrative dean at Victory Bible Institute, Greenville, SC asked that question. This is the scenario that came to his mind.
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MISSIONS WORLDWIDE SHUT DOWN
Missions organizations announced today that all church planting missionaries will have to leave their ministries and return to their home countries. The mass exodus is not caused by illness, or political upheaval or missionary "burnout", but is due to a decision of churches to support only "frontline" or "overseas" missionaries rather than "nonstrategic" support role missionaries.
As a result, there will be no computer techs available to keep computers running for translation work, no office people to see that the missionary gets his monthly check and no one to deal with the myriad of government regulations the missionary needs to comply with. There will be no teachers in the MK school, and no boarding home parents to care for the children while parents labor in the tribe. Because there will be no instructors in the Bible schools or missionary training centers no new missionaries will be able to help plant tribal churches.
There will be no missionaries anywhere for churches to support and tribal groups will remain withouth the Gospel!
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Support for both frontline and support role missionaries is critical. It truly takes a team because there are so many aspects of the job that need to be done. Anne and I are so glad that we are an integral part of the Bible translation team. We're glad too, that we have such a wonderful team behind us.
God bless you all the way you have us!
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