More often than not, “partnering in missions,” means small churches give what little money they think they can afford to a larger church or a missions sending agency that will handle mobilization, screening, indoctrination, training, sending, and maintenance of missionaries on the field. This is not “partnering,” it’s outsourcing.

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The difference is subtle, but detrimental to our efforts and disastrous for our missiology. The myth of “insufficient resources” perpetuates the distinction between the “professionals” and everyone else. But the Great Commission belongs to every local church. The missional church thinks and acts like a missionary at home and abroad.

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  Unless writing a lot makes one a "writer," Ernest is a former missionary. After more than six years in Western Europe, he moved to Portland, where he drinks too much coffee and over-analyzes human behavior. For more about Ernest, visit the About page where you can read a long-time reader's interview with him. Or, if you don't mind waiting a very, very long time, send him an email.

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