Misssionaries With God Complexes

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Owl

Miss B, your post cracks me up. You join the hallelujah chorus railing against American giving, and describe us as spoiled and lazy, yet you choose to only give what is comfortable. That is not sacrifice.

And I absolutely agree with you. We don't give sacrificially at this point, although we have...sort of...in the past. I say "sort of" because even when we were in tight spots, we had our basic needs met, so it seems that compared to those in other countries we were still in good shape. Apparently you're not comprehending my point. I'm saying that even when we give "sacrificially", we are still better off than most in other parts of the world, so by comparison, it's hard to call it a sacrifice.

The TRUTH is, thousands of American ministers give far and above what is comfortable. They don't give out of abundance, they give even though it DOES take food off of their table. They give and give and give.

Yes, they do. I absolutely AGREE. I was a PK, and we did do without at our house a few times because my parents would pay the church bills when things came up short in the church accounts. They would go buy groceries for people who didn't have any and we would eat beans and cornbread all week to make up for it. But American MINISTERS don't comprise the whole of American CHRISTIANS. Did Sister Alvear comment about American Christians as a whole? Or did she pinpoint ministers?

If you can't see that the missionaries, and the work they do, are funded much better than American pastors and home missionaries you're blind.

OHHHHHH, so this thread is about comparing what missionaries receive to what American pastors and home missionaries receive. My bad. I thought it was about Sister Alvear "whining" about terrible Americans not giving enough to missions.

It's one thing to complain about the poverty of foreigners. No one will disagree there is a great disparity between America and third world nations. It's another to say we should provide welfare to people who won't change their own governmental policies to become economically prosperous.

Every Christian should feel compelled to give to missions because of a burden for souls. Missions work, however, does not exist to end poverty and correct social injustices.

Lastly, some of the folks who have been the most aghast on this thread probably never involve themselves in any spiritual outreach work. They throw a bit of extra money at missions and think they have fulfilled the Great Commission. That Commission is to "go," NOT spend.

I agree. So go. Get off your bum and quit whining because Sister A made you feel guilty for some reason. Be about your Father's business, because I can promise you THIS is not His business.