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 I’ve often heard this in Asia “The smart son in the family becomes the doctor, the next smartest becomes an engineer and the one who can’t be either of these goes to Bible school.” This may be said in jest but sad to say there is much truth to this. This occurs so often that In the previous blog in this series of “Common Hindrances to missions in Asia,” I wrote about how the typical missionary is sent out by his mission board. I gave my opinion on the defects of this system. It is usually so easy to criticize how something is done and so much more difficult to It is common for missionaries to want to see their converts change. And the commonest visible change is to get them to change their names. So we find that a new convert is given a “Christian” name (often when they are baptised). The impact of this change is immediately felt in two very different ways. To In my last post I wrote about the wrong type of missions candidate that is usually favoured by mission boards. Today I want to write about the wrong focus that many missionaries have when they get on the field, namely, of trying to impress their supporters in their home-countries instead of focusing on their long Let me share with you another experience of mine to illustrate how the Great Commission is being hindered in Asia. I was in China just over a year ago meeting my co-workers on the field. While I was there, I was told that an acquaintance of mine was also in China doing his yearly teaching sessions |
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