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Re: Misssionaries With God Complexes
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
That was (and maybe still is) a problem when my Dad pastored, but it's not the fault of missionaries. When my Dad finally "graduated" out of that program, he always made a point to help home missionaries for that reason.
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Oh, I'm not saying it's the fault of the missionaries.....just that it's easier to help those who are afar off easier than it is to help those in your own backyard. I'm confident it's still a problem.
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And I would think it to be very tricky to express a need for funds in a way in which no one is ever offended. Even trickier still to express frustration at the "system" or general selfishness. It's like a pastor having to ask for money to pay the church utilities. If you're a small church, it's squeezing blood out of a turnip, but if you don't let people know, they'll be pretty upset when the lights go out. 
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I can honestly say, we never asked people for money so the lights would not go out. We would just make more ourselves and make things happen.
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Last edited by rgcraig; 09-15-2010 at 02:39 PM.
Reason: fixed quote
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