Faithful Financial Support for Foreign Missions
This article by Richard Smit examines biblical principles underlying denominational systems for collecting and distributing financial support to foreign missionaries, contrasting orderly denominational practices with problematic individual fundraising methods. Smit surveys various fundraising approaches (letter campaigns, blogs with donation buttons, furlough presentations) and identifies the common problem that missionaries often bear personal responsibility for raising their own support. The article advocates for renewed commitment to the Reformed denominational practice as a more stable and biblical approach to sustaining missionary work.
Because the well-established system for the collection and distribution of financial support for our denominational foreign mission labors may easily go unnoticed, it is worthwhile to examine the biblical principles and benefits of this Reformed practice. This denominational practice has well served the stability and continuity of our foreign mission labors, and the continuation of this orderly practice needs to be encouraged. A brief survey of how financial support is raised by some foreign...
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