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Should We Stop Sending Missionaries?
Principles for avoiding the corrupting power of money.
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In an ongoing effort to deal with the important issues surrounding the use of Western money to support indigenous mission work, we are featuring the comments of Christian leaders from various...
Horizon Four: Avoiding Dependency Mobilizing Local Resources
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Often we seek to mobilize global resources for local projects "over there" that we are convinced will work. Glenn Schwartz proposes a new set of priorities.
Speaking at a missions conference in...
Self-Reliance or Interdependence
A Point-Counterpoint Discussion with Gary Parker of Mustard Seed and Glenn Schwartz of World Mission Associates
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Gary Parker, Mustard Seed Interdependency: Another Way
How does a mission agency avoid the dangers of dependency described by Steve Saint and commented on by Glenn Schwartz in the May-June 1998...
How Missionary Attitudes Can Create Dependency
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The following article was presented by Glenn Schwartz at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society hosted here on the USCWM campus on April 17, 1998. This article...
Don’t Chase Buffaloes
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Reprinted with permission from the January 1994 issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Box 794, Wheaton, Ill. 60189
The following story was told to me following a 1992 seminar in Capetown,...
The Church In Africa: Making Its Way From Dependency to Self Reliance
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The Church in Africa which has experienced a dramatic growth in the last 30 years is faced with a resource crisis. Many churches would like to have adequate trained personnel (evangelists, pastors,...
It’s Time To Get Serious About The Cycle Of Dependency in Africa
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(Reprinted by permission from the April 1993 issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Box 794, Wheaton, Ill. 60189.)
Some time ago I learned about a missionary to Africa who gave more than 20...
Two Christian Leaders Discuss Dependency
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Chuck Bennett of Partners Intl.
Like Glenn, I abhor unhealthy dependency and believe "psychological ownership" is an indispensable element in any true people movement. Like him, I studied under...
Proceed With Caution Part 1
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Motivating the church to reach the unreached people groups has been like pushing a car up a hill. Today, the car has reached the top of the hill--churches are excited about the final frontiers of...
What Hath Our Western Money and Our Western Gospel Wrought?
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Increasing financial paternalism and accompanying Westernization of the gospel are the two most critical issues facing us in world missions today. We have a choice to make: either push these issues...