A Special Breed: Out of 6.5 billion people on the planet, there are only 430,000 Missionaries from ALL branches of “Christendom.”

Even more precious: Only between 2 and 3% of these 430k missionaries work among unreached peoples. Of the 2-3% of all missionaries working among unreached people groups, not all are strongly evangelical or believe in operating in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

*Here in Thailand, according to a recent study on church growth, 1/3 of all Thai who came to Christ came because of a miracle, sign, or wonder! Truly the Kingdom of God is not merely a matter of talk, but of power! (I Cor 4:20)

It is estimated that most long term missionaries will not make it past the five year mark in service. ”Missionary attrition” is a big problem which begs questions about how we are preparing and caring for these precious servants of God once they decide to “Go.”

With much of the church in the West talking about “restoring honor,” I believe we need to restore honor to our modern heroes of faith, our long term cross cultural missionaries. The famous preacher C.H. Spurgeon was quoted as saying, Continue Reading…