I am struggling with something. I have a friend who is a Slovak. He has a degree in theology, lots of experience in evangelistic kinds of ministries and is a generally nice, hard-working kind of guy.
He decided to pursue missions in his home town, so he decided to find support outside of his church so as not to burden the church with financial issues.
So, here is the situation:
He is a fully-supported, missions-minded worker for the local church.
The church provides him some space for an office and some other amenities like copying, etc.
Now, the confusion. Is there any church that wouldn’t want to have at their disposal a full-time Christian worker reaching out to their community, expanding the Kingdom of God?
But it appears that this church is having some trouble with making the adjustment to having a full-time paid (by others, not by the church) missions worker.
Can you shed some light on this? I have some thoughts, but I’ll hold off on that ‘til later.
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I've seen that with Crusade friends. I guess it isn't just an American thing. I think it is control. People in the church office, admin. & min. staff don't know what to make of him. Do I report to him? What does he do all day? Why did he buy a new lawnmower when those people think they are giving money so he can preach all day.
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