I have served in Thailand as a missionary for about ten years, of which the last four have been spent in Bangkok, teaching church history and missions at a seminary, assisting a Thai Christian book publisher, and helping lead a new church plant. Before that I was involved in small town church planting and evangelism […]

  Many churches today sacrificially support global gospel partnerships and seek to do so in sustainable, accountable ways, without creating unhealthy dependence. Some argue that Western money is best spent in supporting indigenous Christian workers around the globe (cheap, effective) instead of sending their own people. Native missionaries, it is argued, are cheaper and more […]

In recent years, there has been a trend for some missions supporters and churches in the West to move away from sending their own missionaries in favor of supporting “native missionaries” (sometimes called “indigenous missionaries”).   The logic goes something like this: “Why pay $60,000/year or more to support a family of foreign missionaries who will […]

When a new missionary first gets to the mission field, it is obvious where home is. It is that place where you just left. It is the place where you grew up, went to school, got an education, discovered a church family, and formed your most important relationships. But when you live overseas long enough, […]