Pergy, I agree with you on that particular website and it's issues. I must say that I disagree with you on "prioritising". The reason is this: not all are called to foreign missions. There are those that are called to urban/rural missions. You would be amazed at the amount of spiritual darkness that is creeping across our land. Even cultural Christianity is dying out...actually opening the way for these types of missions. We once lived in an area where the only churches available were mennonite and a type of LDS...and the mennonite churches were very closed off. Others traveled to cultural Christian baptist churches. In the city, regardless of how many churches are on the corners, there are those that need someone to go to them on the streets first. Want to talk about foreign...there are many needs on the street that are foreign to most of America.

Instead of "prioritising", I would rather suggest that one put their abilities to where they are able and their givings to where they feel called to give them. Some will be called to supporting foreign missions, some will be called to support Bible translators, some will be called to support those that are going into crack neighbourhoods and attending to the people that live on the streets of America.


As Todd pointed out, there is a dearth of workers here in the US. It's amazing, how many are unwilling to put anything towards their closest neighbours, but will budget in foreign missions.


I don't say any of this lightly, Pergy. I'm one that used to dream of foreign missions. However, the Lord placed my husband in inner city ministry for a time.

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