The Missionary In A Foreign Land
Missionaries are guests in a foreign country, which presents unique risks in missionary work. Why? Our citizenship is elsewhere, and we are there on a visa.
When you are a guest in someone else's home, you treat them with respect and adapt yourself to be accepted by them. The same is true when you are a missionary in another country.
Truth be told, you cannot save a culture by attacking the people, their way of life, and their beliefs. Why? “To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews… I have become all things to all people…” (1 Corinthians 9:20-22). This is the guiding principle for all missionaries.
Missions are all about contextualization. Because of this, there is no greater calling than missions. I believe mission work is the highest calling.
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