Comments on A Letter from Kabwata: The Insecurity of Potential Missionaries

Brother COnrad, I was once again BLESSED and throu...

2010-02-23T07:35:53.541+02:00

Brother COnrad, I was once again BLESSED and throughly CONVICTED through the ministry of the word at the TRUE CHURCH CONFERENCE. I regret not be able to talk with you (maybe next year). I can say that I trully long to find that "Paul" you were talking about, and I concur in my limited experience as volunteer chaplain at our county jail that i'm not looking for the 'good job' 'nice sermon' etc.. but longing to see men SEEK after Christ.

Do you have NOTES from your second message at the conference?? I would love to have them, especially if you write it all out (if you don't, nevermind I'll be getting the DVD's).
May the Lord bless you immensly.

Thank you, pastor, for this post. It was strengthe...

2010-02-23T04:30:59.914+02:00

Thank you, pastor, for this post. It was strengthening to me.

Dear Pastor, I appreciate the blog post and am in ...

2010-02-21T20:33:18.959+02:00

Dear Pastor, I appreciate the blog post and am in total agreement with what you have said. However, I think the flip-side of the issue also needs to be addressed i.e. that those of us who are responsible for taking care of the missionaries do our part faithfully. Missionaries and church pastors do not have labour unions to bargain for them and therefore many are living in terrible conditions.
Last year my uncle, a minister of the gospel, went to be with the Lord after serving full time for over 25 years. I learnt at his funeral that he earned just about $50 and that was often delayed by 1-3 months. He has left behind a wife and 6 children in primary and secondary school. The church members were going to help him build a house.
The point is that those involved in the negotiations of the missionaries and pastors conditions of service should do it as "unto the Lord". These men have left everything for the Lord!

Brother Conrad...I just want to say that the Lord ...

2010-02-11T05:09:09.730+02:00

Brother Conrad...I just want to say that the Lord has brought you into my life (through HeartCry Missionary website) and the Holy Spirit has touched my life through your teachings on Romans... But that is another story. My question to you regarding this post is what do you think about a couple who feel that the Lord is calling them to the mission field but they have substantial debt at home (you can probably tell I live in North America by that statement!)? I wonder how you would counsel them...to first pay off their debt and then go? That feels a little to me like the man who wanted to first go and bury his father before following Jesus. Or is it our Christian responsibility to pay our creditors before proceeding?

Once again thank you for tackling the issues we ar...

2010-02-10T19:35:42.249+02:00

Once again thank you for tackling the issues we are facing head on. Suffering is to be expected and embraced by servants of God. Suffering is often what God uses to make us more like His Son and to demonstrate to a watching world the reality of the faith we proclaim. The desire for personal advancement or as you put it the "first-let-me-build-a-house syndrome" will keep many potential missionaries across Africa and around the world from answering the call to go into all the world and preach the gospel.

Conrad , thank you for addressing this issue - m...

2010-02-10T10:52:19.462+02:00

Conrad , thank you for addressing this issue - my thoughts exactly on this matter . Missionaries ought not to be those who cannot make it in the pulpits and churches of their own countries ! Missionaries ought to be the cream of the crop - the sturdiest and hardiest of people who will not count their own life dear for the sake of the gospel . Perish the thought that personal comfort should ever be the motive for missionaries . Unfortunately I have seen too much of that in our own country, Namibia . Many foreign missionaries have better lifestyles here than where they came from . It is also significant to note that on account of that the drop out rate of foreign missionaries in Namibia has been appalling. There just seems to be no divine blessing on their labours . Joachim Rieck