Most churches today feel that they are fulfilling their share of the Great Commission if they are supporting some missionaries. The Lord told us that “the harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few” (Matthew 9:37). Therefore the bottle-neck in the Great Commission is the shortage of labourers rather than funds. Of course, this
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Missions in Asia is a challenging work. There are challenges of language, culture, finance, health and security issues. There are challenges from hostile governments, societies and religious organisations. There are challenges of unnecessary, petty fighting between Christian mission organisations. There are challenges of apathy from Christian supporters on one hand, and unnecessary bureaucratic control from Christian missions in Asia crawls along in countries that have already long been evangelized, and does not make any dent in countries that desperately need the Gospel. One of the main reasons for the ineffectiveness of Christian missions in Asia is the fact the strategies and plans are made at faraway headquarters – namely, in Church-planting in a foreign country is the aim of missions. However, the tragedy of missions in Asia is that instead of church-planting, church-transplanting takes place! Church buildings in Asia look like buildings suitable for Spain, England and USA! Church furniture in Asia looks like furniture more suitable for a European building of a previous era! Church music in In the past, missionaries had to be sent from advanced Christian countries to backward pagan countries because the “natives” who were Christians were just too backward to fulfil the Great Commission. The situation is very different now. In most countries, many of the “natives” have caught up with their counterparts in the more advanced countries. And |
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