Why don indigenous churches support their own missionaries in the Third World?
They do. In fact, we believe that most Christians in Asia give a greater portion of their income to missions than Westerners. But the churches in Asia are primarily made up of the poor—those among the one-fourth of the world’s population living on just a few dollars a week. Since they frequently lack cash, they tend to give things like chicken eggs, rice, mangoes, or tapioca roots. Many times we find that a successful missionary evangelist will be almost crippled by his ministry’s rapid growth. When a great move of the Holy Spirit occurs in a village, the successful missionary may find he has several trained and gifted coworkers as Timothys who are ready to establish sister congregations. However, the rapid growth almost always outstrips the original congregation’s ability to support additional workers. This is where outside help is vitally needed. As God’s Spirit continues to move, many new mission boards are being formed. Some of the largest missionary societies in the world are now
