Taiwan. My wife and I considered going there in 1997 for a two year stint to help the missionary work there. While I haven’t been able to go, I have some friends who arrived there last Friday and will be there for about 10 days. They are getting the lay of the land and trying to connect churches in the States with mission opportunities in Taiwan.
Why would they do this? Well, there is a belief among many, and I am one of them, that the church is to be the primary missionary and the primary missions sending group. We do not need a missions board sending professionals to be missionaries. They can facilitate missions, but the church needs to be the primary sending agency. We Southern Baptist have gotten that all wrong, unfortunately.
So a group of friends are trying to help churches in the States connect with churches and people groups across the world so that they can take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. And they are doing a great job doing this.
My friends will be blogging about their journey over the coming days and I hope to provide thoughts on their journey.
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